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This week, the Out of Touch Guide is taking a deep dive into a generation-defining mystery: What the hell does “6-7” mean? The slang term has been delighting children and perplexing adults since it took off about six months ago, so learn what it means, where it came from, and why they won’t stop saying it. We’re also looking at the Weapons run, defining “crash out,” and checking out a grandma’s knees.
What does 6-7 mean?
The slang term 6-7 or 67 doesn’t mean anything. But, like “skibiddi” before it, 6-7 doesn’t mean anything in a special way. It’s an in-group signifier, something that marks the speaker as the kind of person who says “6-7.” Partly, the idea is to use the phrase in conversation; if someone asks how tall you are, what you scored on a test, or what time it is, you might respond “6-7.” Or you might ask a clueless person a question and provide your own answer of “six-seveeeen.” (6-7 is often spoken with the “seven” part drawn out.)
This all probably seems annoying to you, an adult, and that’s the second defining characteristic of 6-7; it’s meant to mark the person who hears it too. It’s supposed to be annoying. In a way, it’s a slang term that’s also a miniature practical joke.
While “6-7” is spoken literally any time one counts, as a Generation Alpha slang term, its most likely origin is with the song “Doot Doot” by Skrilla. (Which is a banger):
Something about the way “6-7” is rapped in the song spoke to something in the younger generation, and they’ve been repeating the phrase on TikTok and in schoolyards since. Another possible source of 6-7 is basketball star LaMelo Ball. The Charlotte Hornets point guard is 6’7”.
6-7 seemed like such a message-board only, specific phrase that its widespread adoption caught me by surprise, so I’m bringing it up in what may be the tail end of its popularity. Now most people (sort of) know what it means, so the insider vibe it once held could be dwindling. But maybe not. The phrase is meant to annoy, and it’s actually even more annoying if you know what it means. Judging from videos like this, younger people know exactly how childish and annoying it is:
But they are not stopping. So I expect the “six-seveeeen”ing to continue until its primary users (kids between 6 and 12) actually grow up.
(For more definitions of Generation Z and Generation Alpha slang, check out my glossary here.)
What does “crash out” mean?
Back in the day, to “crash out” meant to go to sleep or pass out, but in 2025, it means to have an intense emotional outburst, usually accompanied by impulsive behavior. Crashing out is often due to being overwhelmed or overly frustrated.
What is the Weapons run?
The “Weapons run” is a growing meme format where TikTok users are imitating the distinct and creepy running style seen in Zach Cregger’s horror film Weapons. You do it by running with your arms held halfway up, like so:
Here’s some footage of the run in the film:
According to Creggers, the posture doesn’t have a specific source, but it might have come from subconsciously remembering that famous Vietnam war photo of napalm victims. “There’s something really upsetting about that posture,” the director told Entertainment Weekly, “If I had to guess, that might be where the seed is from. I don’t know. But there was no second-guessing that pose. I knew that they would run that way.”
To me, it looks like the kind of run you see from toddlers trying to work out how to stay in balance. No matter the source, it’s caught on. TikTok users are getting their friends together and imitating Weapons running,
trying it out on the treadmill,
or using the run to make jokes.
Although not everyone thinks it’s scary.
Millennials mocked for overusing LOL
Do you end every text message with “LOL?” You’re probably a Millennial. As X user Sulla put it:
Millennials responded on TikTok in predictably measured ways,
Or pointed out that young people have their own texting quirks.
It’s an interesting illustration of the pitfalls of basic communications, and how languages change over time. Typing “LOL” originally meant “laughing out loud,” but it was almost never used literally—very few people were actually laughing out loud. If they had been, they’d have typed LMAO—so it really meant something like “that was funny.” Younger people use the skull emoji for a similar purpose—i.e., I died laughing. Then LOL started being used at the end of messages to say something like, “What i just said was not meant seriously.” Then it started being used, as Gen Z has pointed out, almost as punctuation, or as a constant reminder that “we are having a lighthearted conversation.” Now it’s in limbo. If the critique from younger people catches on, and it seems to, it could make Millennials self-conscious about it, leading to its decline, and status as a piece of historical internet-speak only used ironically, or by the most clueless people.
Viral video of the week: Grandma with good knees
Since we’re doing younger people looking at older generations, this week’s viral video features an unlikely star: 59 year-old fitness TikToker Chula Chumkong. A video of her doing the “good knees challenge” has been blowing up lately.
Here’s the original video:
It wasn’t long before people noticed and reposted on X:
For context: Chumkong’s video is similar to Megan Knees, a meme that went viral in 2022, based on copying a clip of rapper Megan Thee Stallion twerking while in a deep knee bend. You need to have good knees to do this, clearly. The internet, as you’d probably expect, immediately got judgmental about Chumkong and decided that she was hot. Which is both creepy and kind of nice(?).
To wrap up the week: Gen Z is bagging on Millennials for texting LOL, Gen Alpha is yelling “six-seveeeen,” and they’re the only people who think it’s funny, and everyone on the internet is thirsting over a member of Generation X’s knees. If there’s a lesson here, it’s that popular culture is an endless cycle of mocking older people, until you eventually realize they might actually be cooler than you.
