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How Children Learn What Words Mean

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

Dictionary.com picks "67," a "nonsensical and playfully absurd" slang term, as the 2025 word of the year

"67" is an ambiguous slang term made popular by Gen Alpha on social media and in middle schools across the country.

Dictionary.com word of the year is 67. Here's what it means

The word of the year for 2025 is 67, pronounced six seven, Dictionary.com announced. Here's the meaning behind 67 and where ...

What Does 6 7 Mean? The Meaning of the Word of the Year 2025

Dictionary.com has officially named “6 7” the Word of the Year for 2025, and it’s left parents, teachers, and even linguists scratching their heads. The seemingly random phrase went viral after ...

‘67,’ Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year, has no precise meaning, and that’s the appeal

Either way, the phrase popular among school-age children has been announced as Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year. The ...

6-7 is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year — what it means, its origin and why schools are banning it

Dictionary.com has named “67” its Word of the Year for 2025 — a number that somehow manages to mean everything and nothing.