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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat is the viral meme trend ‘6-7’, explained<\/p>\n
Dictionary.com announced “6-7” as its Word of the Year. The internet slang trend has exploded among Gen Alpha but has frustrated parents and teachers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Is “chicken banana” the new “67<\/a>“?<\/p>\n A viral <\/a>music video was released in February 2025, and it’s spawned a trend <\/a>of dance videos and AI slop that’s morphed into a brainrot meme.<\/p>\n Now, teens, tweens and kids are using it as slang<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where did it come from? Why are kids saying it? Here’s what we know about “chicken banana.”<\/p>\n Crazy Music Channel released “CHICKEN BANANA” in February 2025. As of Feb. 11, 2026, the YouTube video<\/a> has 171 million views. There are another 46 million streams on Spotify<\/a>. Those totals don’t account for all the fan videos shared across social media.The majority of the song is the same verse repeated several times.<\/p>\n “chicken bananachicken bananachicken bananabananabananabanana”<\/p>\n \u201cIt just came up in one of our talks,\u201d Michel Petr\u00e9, CEO of the label MTM Music AB, told Vox <\/a>\u201cYou know, let\u2019s just put the chicken and banana together.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the goal was to make something funny that people could laugh at.<\/p>\n Shortly after its launch, young kids and families made videos doing a viral dance <\/a>to the song. But the love of “chicken banana” isn’t limited to Gen Alpha. Adults of all ages, including senior citizens, have danced to the earworm.<\/p>\n The trend was most popular last spring, but people are still posting new videos.<\/p>\n It was also added as a Jam Track in Fortnite. And now it’s becoming part of the vocabulary.<\/p>\n So far, like “67,” there’s no one meaning for the phrase.<\/p>\n It’s a fill-in response that can be stand-in answer for any question, any time, regardless of whether or not it makes sense in context.<\/p>\n “Teens we know just use it to be funny or silly, and hey, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that!” SheKnows wrote in its recent guide to teen and tween slang<\/a> for parents.<\/p>\n Google\u00a0<\/a>added it as an Easter egg in the search engine. The new\u00a0slang\u00a0<\/a>term spiked with Generation Alpha and Gen Z last year.<\/p>\nWhat is “chicken banana”?<\/h2>\n
What does “chicken banana” mean?<\/h2>\n
What is “67”?<\/h2>\n