These cops have their number.
Police in Indiana are issuing “tickets” to elementary school students caught saying “6-7,” the nonsensical, viral slang term kids seemingly can’t stop saying.
The Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office posted a cheeky video showing deputies handing out fake “tickets” to students in a local school cafeteria and classrooms for violating a purportedly new “6-7” ordinance, which they joked was passed to “keep parents sane.”
“It is now against the law to use the words ‘six’ and ‘seven’ unless using them in a math problem or someone’s age,” a deputy tells a girl at her desk in the clip.
The tickets, which were fake, were to protect the sanity of the students’ parents, the sheriff’s office said. Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office
But the students seemed unbothered and continued shouting the seemingly inescapable phrase — while making the accompanying hand motion — even after receiving their “ticket.”
“We appreciate the support as our [school resource officers] work tirelessly to keep parents sane during this time,” the sheriff’s office said, adding that they handed out as many of the citations as possible.
Two students are shown giving the officers a box of donoughsts – which excused them of their 6-7 violation.
The term “6-7” – pronounced “six-seven,” rather than “sixty seven” — has become an inescapable Gen Alpha obsession, driving parents and teachers nuts. But as frustrating it may be, the sheriff’s office assured that the law was fake and the tickets were just for fun.
While the exact origin is unclear, it spread initially thanks to the Skrilla song “Doot Doot (6 7)” — but appears to be essentially meaningless.
Even Dictionary.com admitted as much when it sparked outrage last month by declaring “6-7” the word of the year.
“Perhaps the most defining feature of 67 is that it’s impossible to define,” the website explained.. “It’s meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical.”
The “tickets” were handed out by school resource officers from the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana. Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office
One of deputies issued the tickets to students in the school cafeteria. Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office
The dictionary called the pairing of the numbers “classic brainrot slang: purposefully nonsensical, endlessly remixable and all about being in on the absurdity.”
“It’s part inside joke, part social signal and part performance. When people say it, they’re not just repeating a meme; they’re shouting a feeling.”
Some people interpret 6-7 as “so-so” or “maybe this, maybe that,” as it’s typically paired with a shrug-like hand gesture where palms face up and move alternately.
It’s also used as an exclamation.
