The internet-born phrase, “6-7,” which has become popular with Gen Z, might have medieval origins, according to Fox News Digital columnist David Marcus. He believes the “brain-rot” term, which was popularized by the 2024 song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla, comes from an old dice game called Hazard—now known as Craps. “In the game, a player would call out the number he was trying to shoot for, or make, with two six-sided dice. Five, eight and nine were the most likely results. Six and seven, gamblers quickly discovered either through math or experience, offered lower odds and hence less chance of winning,” he wrote. “From then on, six and seven, taken together, became forever associated with risk and worry.” Marcus further drew a possible Shakespearean link. “William Shakespeare would use the expression in his play ‘Richard II,’ with the Duke of York uttering, ‘I should to Plashy too, but time will not permit. All is uneven, and everything is left at six and seven,’” he wrote. However, the lyricist behind the famed line had a more open-ended explanation. “It just represents my brain like what comes up in my head,” he said in an Oct. 29 video.
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