Seasonal & Holidays

Is This '6-7' Halloween Display In New Jersey Funny? Ask A Young Person

What's funny about this 67 Halloween display in North Jersey? See why math teachers are fed up with the TikTok trend.

What's funny about this "67" Halloween display in North Jersey? Ask a young person who views TikTok.
What's funny about this "67" Halloween display in North Jersey? Ask a young person who views TikTok. (Caren Lissner/Patch)

NORTH JERSEY — Topical and funny Halloween decorations — like a display of Taylor Swift's exes that spawned a viral video — can be found throughout New Jersey's yards and porches. But one display has had older observers scratching their heads.

It's a bunch of number 67s, with a "41" sign on the side. It's in uptown Hoboken, a mile-square city whose neighbors decorate to the hilt.

The numbers refer to a TikTok trend — a trend that reportedly has teachers fuming and older folks scratching their heads.

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"Are Your Kids Saying 6-7?" asked Patch last week.

Teachers are banning the phrase, the Today show noted. They're tired of hearing the number given as an answer.

Find out what's happening in Hobokenfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

And on Tuesday, Dictionary.com even named 67 its "Word of the Year."

The trend comes from rapper Skilla's song Doot Doot (6 7). It is catchy.

"You Googled what that 6-7 joke meant," wrote one commenter under the YouTube page for the song. "Now you're listening to this."

And 41 comes from a song by rapper Blizzy Boi, who sang about being 41.

The Arizona Republic reported back in August that folks will also repeat 67 in reference to basketball players who are 6-foot-7. So...get it?

If you're not a math teacher, and you want to hear people singing the numbers in unison, you can always go see Skilla live in Philadelphia next month. Just take highway 9-5. Nine fiiiiive.

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