Dictionary.com has revealed their Word of the Year for 2025 – and it’s hasn’t gone over well with some social media users.

This week, the website announced that their word of the year is ’67,’ a term that’s been making waves with Gen-Alpha kids in school and frustrating teachers around the country.

According to the organization, the definition of ’67’ remains complicated. It explained that some people see it as a word that means, ‘so-so,’ while other kids view it as a way to simply annoy their parents.

The term comes with a matching hand gesture, where ‘both palms face up and move alternately up and down,’ Dictionary.com explained.

However, for most kids, just knowing the term can indicate that you’re part of the ‘cool’ group.

Daily Mail previously reported that the term originates from a song called ‘Doot Doot (6,7)’ by rapper Skrilla, and gained traction this summer.

It simply means ‘nothing’ and can be used to suggest that a person is ‘average.’

The phrase gained traction online with people making videos about sportspeople who they believe aren’t playing well, using a clip from Skrilla’s song.

However, the term has become so irritating to some teachers that they’ve had to ban it in their classrooms.

One person wrote on Reddit: ‘I’m an eighth grade teacher and I am so done hearing it that I just banned it from my classroom.

‘You can’t say the two numbers in a row without the class bursting out in a chorus of “67.”

‘It was funny at first, but now it’s just old and continually interrupts many class conversations.’

Even Today host Jenna Bush Hager covered the topic during a September episode of her show, Today With Jenna & Friends.

She and co-host Sheinelle Jones had on viral teacher Mr. Philip Lindsay to discuss the term.

Hager said that her kids used the term a lot, but that it was almost becoming ‘uncool’ because they’ve said it so much.

‘I bring it out sometimes, and they’re like, oh, mom, that’s cringe,’ Hager said during the segment.

The news that 67 had been chosen as the word of the year by Dictionary.com did not go over well on X.

‘This is dumb…’ one person wrote.

‘I’ve lost hope for future generations and for the future of mankind,’ another scathed.

Someone else sarcastically said, ‘A word with no definition. Nice.’

‘Just burn the dictionary now,’ joked a different user, while another pointed out, ‘It’s not even a word bro.’

Other words that made the list of Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year Shortlist include ‘Gen-Z stare’ and ‘tradwife.’

‘Tradwife’ refers to the term for ‘traditional wife,’ which has been used to describe women who adhere to some of the more traditional gender roles, showing themselves creating meals from scratch, living off the land, and taking care of their many children.

‘Gen-Z stare’ refers to a blank stare that some members of Generation Z have, especially in the work place.