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Welcome to the slang term 6-7, selected by dictionary.com as its Word of the Year for 2025. Anyone who has spent time around elementary or middle-school-aged children likely has heard them say “6-7″ and then respond with an up-down motion with their hands, suggesting either-or.
In Netflix’s new mini-series "Adolescence," which follows a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering his classmate after becoming radicalized online, characters say Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is “red pilled.” "The red pill is like, 'I see the truth.
Either way, the phrase popular among school-age children has been announced as Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year. The expression exploded online this year among members of Generation Alpha, which includes kids age 14 and under.