Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year Is "6-7"
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Dictionary.com has chosen '6-7' as its 2025 Word of the Year, sparking debate among commenters about the legitimacy of slang terms as 'words'.
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As with a number of things these days the problem with these memes besides their basic brainrottedness is the scale at which they spread. Sigh.