Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say ” 6-7 ” is “cooked” and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are among the top 10 words on the 50th annual “Banished Words List,” released Thursday by Lake Superior State University. “The list definitely represents the fad and vernacular trends of the younger generation,” said David Travis, Lake Superior State University president. We’re using terms that are shared through texting, primarily, or through posting with no body language or tone context. AdvertisementEach number can be spoken aloud as “six, seven.” They even can be combined as the number 67; at college basketball games, some fans explode when a team reaches that point total.

Source: Huffington Post January 01, 2026 19:19 UTC