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> It’s literally just saying 6-7. No, I don’t get it either.

A linguist goes into the meme and it's history:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laZpTO7IFtA

You not getting it is the main point of the saying: it's slang term that young folks (in-group) are using to differentiate themselves from the not-young folks (out-group).



And hasn't that been the point of slang since forever?


Not the out group, but the unc group.




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