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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 46 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I literally only heard of it last week. Was it really that big of a trend to be considered the word of the year?

[–] slackassassin@piefed.social 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yes. Old people just lag on these things.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm middle-aged with small children. Only heard of this a few days ago.

[–] slackassassin@piefed.social 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Only middle agers think middle age isn't old. I don't make the rules.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Only young people think middle age is old. I figure I've got another 20 until I really start falling apart.

[–] slackassassin@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And late to the lingo, nonetheless, darn skibidi.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Fr no cap bro

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 3 days ago

I'm a terminally online loser who spends way too much time looking at memes. This one has been around for at least 3 months.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I’m middle age with tween and teen kids and have been hearing that shit all year.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I may be old but I don’t want the youth on my interwebz

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's been going on for like 6 to 7 months

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Six seveeeeeeen.... "hahaha" it's sooooo funny! Aaaaanyway, Epstein files!

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I ~~literally~~ only heard of it last week. Was it really that big of a trend to be considered the word of the year?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 days ago (3 children)

My friends will continue to intentionally and enthusiastically mis-use all the kid-pidgin as a form of sarcastic performance art, as it has so far achieved the main goal of embarrassing their two girls into never using any of it. They speak like people, instead of vapid 'gram zombies; at least at home.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Speak to your kids like little adults and their speech and vocabulary explodes. They also sense the respect that many adults don't give them. I loathe adults that talk down to children.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My friend has a toddler and I always spoke to her like a regular person who just happened to not know things. She seemed to respect it a lot.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yes! Treat them as ignorant, not stupid. Asked my ex-wife why kids like me when I'm don't like them so much. "You talk to them like real people. They get that."

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I do this too. I’ll come home and say “heyyy 6-7-8 my bruhs!” and their eyes will roll right out of their skulls.

I'm trying, but they think I'm in the joke and love it. thought id get ahead and use it so they will cringe, but it backfired. now my house uses the 67 joke unironically

[–] pitaya@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It isn't even on Dictionary.com though?

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"Six seven" doesn't have any results either

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago

Least jank <generic object >.com site

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Other terms that made the shortlist of finalists for this year's Word of the Year included "agnetic,"

Surely they mean "agentic", right? Right???

I searched for "agnetic" to see if I was out of the loop and it's kind of funny, kind of sad. I found a lot of what I guess is AI slop that took a typo and just ran with it. Like this one: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clash-intelligences-agnetic-ai-vs-agent-explained-robin-biwre

Agnetic AI is a newer conceptual framework that extends beyond the traditional agent-based model. The term "Agnetic" is derived from the word "magnetic," signifying its dynamic, adaptive nature.

https://www.agnetic.ai/ also looks like slop, but it's realllllly hard to distinguish between AI bullshit and traditional tech marketing bullshit.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Slop" ought to be another word that's gained popularity in use. I'm still having trouble with it, mainly because I think it's overused a lot in short insults and dismissals of things. Not aimed at you here, at least you define WHY you consider it in that category. I'm talking more the "AI slop" that mirrors the "fake news" or "git gud" or any other reply that avoids actual discussion and screams "I hate this, but have nothing more to contribute".

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

“slop” didn’t explode in popularity this year tho

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 3 days ago

Traditional tech marketing bullshit is also slop. It just isn't always AI slop.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

I tough it was "where are the epstein files"

[–] QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Isn't "6 7" supposed to be a rating? Somebody does something and you rate it mid by giving it a 6 or maybe a 7 on a scale of 10. Why on earth would this semantic meaning come from a basketball player's height?

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago

No, it's from a rap song, but almost everybody doesn't have the context. Just tell the middle-school kids that it really means a 10-67, that at least for the rapper's local police codes, means they found a dead body.

All of the other theories are made up.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 3 days ago

No. It’s just “6-7”. It is not supposed to be a rating or something with actual meaning at all. It’s just a pattern.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 3 days ago

For fuck's sake...

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Even the kids that say it don't even take it that seriously and are 100% aware that it is just brainrot, at least from what I have seen. Although, I do still enjoy saying "sixty seven" to my nephew whenever it comes up.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I made this comment go from 6 to 7 upvotes

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I did the same to yours.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Yep. My little kids were giggling over skibidi last year. It's fun because it's nonsensical. Kid's love shit like that.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

some say it can be interpreted as another way of saying "so-so," "maybe this" or "maybe that," the dictionary states.

pronounced "six-seven" and never "sixty-seven," the dictionary notes

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] kbal@fedia.io 10 points 3 days ago

No surprise, I always thought 2025 was at sixes and sevens.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right, kick ass. Well, don't want to sound like a dick or nothin', but, ah... it says on your chart that you're fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded. What I'd do, is just like... like... you know, like, you know what I mean, like..

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Wait. Where's your tattoo

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Disgusting..

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Well at least it isn't tradwife

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Ah lawd jeesis help us lawd

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

We're back at sixes and sevens as a society, so this tracks.

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