A Guide to Children’s Culture for Out-of-Touch Adults: What Is a “6-7 Year Old’s Weekend”?
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Fake bullshit is nothing new, but lately it feels like everything is fake. This week’s youth culture trends include slang terms no one uses, a holiday no one celebrates, and a made-up hookup movement. But amid all the bullshit, there’s a viral gem: Drusky, a comedian who goes undercover in NASCAR. Sure, he’s pretending to be white, but it’s the most believable thing I’ve ever seen.
What is “6-7 weekend”?
I sincerely hope this is the last time I write the numbers 6 or 7 in this column, but I’m not promising anything. That ubiquitous and largely meaningless Gen A slang is still alive in the minds of the country’s youth. This week, some corners of the internet declared this past weekend “6-7 Weekend.” Because Saturday was September 6, and Sunday was the 7.
TikTok celebrated the video by releasing the following:
And this one with hand gesture 67.
Like the meaning of the phrase “6-7,” it’s unclear exactly how one should spend a “6-7” weekend. Maybe watch “Fast & Furious 6” and “Furious 7” back-to-back? Or listen to The Velvet Underground & Nico because it came out in 1967?
Either way, you probably didn’t do anything on the 6-7 weekend, but all hope is not lost. Despite the memes about September 6th and 7th being ” Generation Weekend,” 6ths and 7ths of the month that fall on a weekend happen often. There will be a 6-7 weekend this December, as will June 2026, February, March, and November 2027, and May 2028. (Please, please, don’t let anyone remember 6-7 by then.)
(Check out my Slang Dictionary for more Zoomer and Gen A slang.)
What does the number 93 mean in slang?
Young people can’t get enough of number slang. There’s 6-7 (hell, I already wrote about that), 41 (which I talked about last week ), and now 93.
“Why 93?” you ask, taking a deep breath. Well, reader, “93” is basically an internet joke about 6-7 and 41. It’s an arbitrary number that doesn’t even have a rap song to go along with it, like 6-7 and 41. Here’s a video that explains:
Other videos began to appear that added an annoying way of pronouncing the number “93”.
While there are plenty of posts on TikTok with the hashtag 93 , it’s unlikely to catch on because it’s becoming too silly. As TikToker @Hoopervalley8 points out, “if every number became a meme, nothing would be funny anymore.”
(Dude, none of this was ever funny.)
What does it mean to “get into trouble”?
“Getting Shrekked” is a dating slang term that means dating someone who is physically beneath you (like Shrek) and then getting hurt by them. The word was first used by TikToker jaxitodwyer , a sort of online relationship guru. Basically, in this video, jaxitodwyer says, “There’s just been a new dating term; it’s called ‘getting Shrekked’…” In another video, he points out the “terrifying new trend” of emulating Shrek.
Dude talks a lot about getting “shot,” but that’s because he made it up . “Shot” only comes from jaxitodwyer himself; there’s no “trend.” No one actually says “shot” except that idiot. And it’s not even good fake slang. It describes too specific a situation for anyone to have a good reason to say it, so it won’t catch on.
Despite this, news outlets around the world have reported on this non-existent story. Hindustan Times writes, “‘ Shreking’ has taken over .” (Taken over what ?) Tyla.com calls shreking “the new dating trend.” Even USA Today , a newspaper that covers budget motels, reported on “ a new dating trend taking hold ” and consulted its own “dating coach,” Amy Chan, who offered the following advice about the trend (which doesn’t actually exist): “The term may be new, but the behavior is not… Many people put looks last or hope that attractiveness will improve over time, which is a good thing. But when someone assumes that because they’re dating someone who looks ‘bad,’ they’ll automatically be treated better.” Thanks, Amy Chan!
By the way, I’m a world-renowned relationship expert and dating coach, and there’s a new trend going on right now. It’s called “fogging.” It’s when you only date people with more followers than you, in order to “float” on social media. Wait, what about “Addamsing?” It’s when you act really weird on a date, like someone from the Addams Family, and your date leaves mid-dinner. It’s a dating trend that’s on the rise , and it’s already in full swing. (Does it work, USA Today ?)
The fascination with sea shanties has been going on for five years now
Remember how everyone for some reason started listening to sea songs? And this song became very popular?
And people on TikTok started adding these bits to videos to make them even creepier?
According to internet historians at Know Your Meme , it started five years ago . I only mention this because there have been internet trends worse than “getting into Shrek” and “6-7” combined, and they, like everything else, have passed.
Viral Video of the Week: Drusky Heads to NASCAR
This week, comedian Drusky took the internet by storm with a video of himself pretending to be white and attending a NASCAR race. Check it out:
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That’s 235.6 million views in three days for just X’s post.
The video is absolutely stunning. The makeup and costume are just great — add a farmer’s tan under the overalls? Chef’s kiss. Plus, Drusky is so believable that no one in the video seems to notice what’s going on. Here’s what Drusky looks like without makeup, for comparison:
Everyone who watched the video responded to it with tweets like this:
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And there was no controversy online because the video was just so great. No weird racist white people saying, “What if I do blackface, huh ?” Because everyone took the historical and cultural context into account and agreed that Drusky was awesome.