It’s that time of year when random dictionaries decide what the “word of the year” is!
Yes, “67” is the word of the year.
For those wondering, Dictionary.com says, “It’s an example of brain-rot slang and is intended to be nonsensical and playfully absurd.”
“While the term is largely nonsensical, some argue it means ‘so-so,’ or ‘maybe this, maybe that,’ especially when paired with a hand gesture where both palms face up and move alternately up and down.”
“People also use 67 as a way to respond to questions or as a result of seeing the numbers ’67’ in consecutive order in the wild, such as on a math problem or within a phone number. (‘How tall are you?’ ’67.’ ‘How are you today?’ ’67.’ ‘What’s 120 minus 53?’ ’67.’)”
Sooooo, essentially, there isn’t a concrete definition???
Naturally, reaction has been outraged.
“67… is a NUMBER how can a NUMBER be the WORD of the FUCKING YEAR.”
This classic Steve Buscemi gif:
Monica saying “That’s not even a word!”
“ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY and Z seeing this.”
“So close! That’s a number.”
“I can feel myself turn into an old man.”
Let’s see what the other dictionaries have to say about this one!
