CBC Radio National: ‘6-7’ doesn’t mean anything. Linguists say that’s the point

Dictionary.com declaring “6-7,” “the classic brainrot slang” that’s “purposefully nonsensical” as its 2025 word of the year, is more meaningful than it seems, according to some linguists.

Critics of the pick say it represents an erosion of the English language, however, “if you’re adding something [to language], how can that be eroding,” said Nicole Rosen, head of the University of Manitoba’s linguistics department.

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