It's funny how people don't seem to remember being a kid. I can name you plenty of memes and in-jokes from middle school/high school where the "joke" was that it had literally no meaning. Adults being confused about kids these days only fuels the joke.

Like, has anyone lost the game recently? You think that's any more high-brow?

I saw the original clip; the kid saying “six seven!” and doing a bobbling hand gesture looked and sounded pretty ridiculous and I can absolutely see how it would get turned into a meme, especially if you repeat it enough on TikTok-style short videos

Joe out there with the detonator about to blow them up

This meme is like a Rosetta stone for genz communication

In my day. we just quoted Monty Python and everyone would laugh at how clever you were. This is effectively the same thing.

Those words mean things. They might not make a lot of sense in the context we used them in, but they formed a thought.

6-7 isn't even a semi complete concept on the surface of it. It's literally devoid of any meaning at all.

Back in uni when I'd go out drinking I'd be walking through campus and people would just randomly scream out "WHAT!'" And someone else would scream out "OKAY!"

There were many "fuck yo couch"es too

Wait a sec... I never said that first one. JD is that you?

I see you had a functional scrabble bag to pull from.

what is six times nine, canonically

a plausible explanation with an excellent linguistic deep dive on the entire vernacular terrain.

TYVM for the link.

Because 7 is a registered 6 offender.

"my language" - this guy trying to sneak french in here without us noticing!

They don't decide what a new word is, just document usage. And if it gets used enough, well....