THERE ARE FEW certainties in life, but one you can count on is that that kids will always use slang and at some point, parents will be confused by it.

You don’t think it’s ever going to happen to you, however. You think you’ll always be in on the latest slang and double meanings or in jokes of the current generation, until one day you find yourself on the outside of the realm of slang context and boom: you instantly feel old.

Up until recently, I’ve been pretty au fait with my children’s slang words. Phrases like ‘rizz,’ ‘so sigma’ and ‘skibidi’ have been dropped into the conversation for the last year or so, with the word ‘bruh’ tagged on the end for good measure. So far, I’ve been keeping up well enough because I can see how these phrases would be used in a sentence or what the context is.

But like that unavoidable circle of life scenario, my kid’s latest obsession, ‘6-7’, which every parent of young children in the world will most likely be familiar with, is the one that’s finally made me feel like I’m past it – and I’m not alone. It seems ‘6-7’ has been causing grownups to scratch their heads in confusion, because no one seems to know what in the hell it actually means.

Everyone I ask is sketchy on the details to be honest, so the other day, I reluctantly caved and googled it to find out what it actually means. I didn’t get a proper answer by the way, because it means........

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