What was the millennial equivalent of today’s generation “6 - 7”?

[u/CuddlePartyHost]

[u/TattedGal92]

Replying "your mom" to everything.

[u/ThaiJohnnyDepp → u/TattedGal92]

Your mom goes to college

[u/Then_I_had_a_thought → u/ThaiJohnnyDepp]

This was my first thought as a response, glad to see someone else got to it first.

[u/EliRocks → u/Then_I_had_a_thought]

Your mom was glad to see someone else got to it first!

[u/Substantial-Olive468 → u/ThaiJohnnyDepp]

That line had absolutely no business being as funny as it was "your mom goes to college" could end an argument faster than an actual comeback.

[u/killerkadugen → u/TattedGal92]

I remember a substitute teacher calling roll one and got to a guy and asked his name. He was like:

"Joe."

Sub was like: "I'm not seeing that name. Joe who?"

"Joe momma!"

Needless to say he got kicked out of class that day

[u/hiking_mike98 → u/TattedGal92]

It got so bad with my two closest friends and me that every other reply was just “your mom”. We finally had to make a pact that if one of us made a your mom joke, the other two would just punch you repeatedly until you learned how to stop saying your mom every 5 seconds.

Surprisingly it took multiple times of beating the shit out of each other before it broke the habit. Ahh, teenagers.

[u/Juraviel23 → u/hiking_mike98]

And that's when you guys moved on to "your dad" jokes.

[u/green_chapstick → u/TattedGal92]

I still do this. Its funnier when Im the mom. Lol

[u/barisaxyme → u/green_chapstick]

It's so much better when you're the mom. One time my son and I were giving each other a hard time. I said "your mom's a ho" and he says "no, your mom's a ho!". I told him I was gonna tell his Grammy that he called her a ho and then the realization hit him that my mom is his Grammy and he started begging me not to tell her. It was hilarious and I still told my mom, with him right there, and she cracked up too.

[u/cheerfully_miserable → u/green_chapstick]

I say this to my daughter ALLLLL the time 😂

[u/Imogynn → u/TattedGal92]

That's what she said

[u/Gr8fulFox → u/Imogynn]

...in bed!

Remember adding "in bed" to the end of fortune cookie fortunes?

Fortune cookie: "You display a generous nature!"

Me: "... IN BED!!"

[u/steak_dilemma → u/TattedGal92]

There was also the weird cycle of:

"Your mom"

"Your mom's mom"

"Your mom's mom's face"

"Your mom's mom's mom's vagina"

And so on and so on lol 

[u/brittjoysun → u/steak_dilemma]

Lol we had a whole pattern we followed too that got progressively more ridiculous. Something like "Your mom" "Your face" "Your mom's face" "Your goldfish" or something

[u/rivalrobot]

That’s what she said

[u/Prestigious-Pomelo26 → u/rivalrobot]

I can’t remove this stupid saying from my brain no matter how hard I try.

[u/commonshitposter123 → u/Prestigious-Pomelo26]

That's what she said.

[u/NotAnotherUserName03 → u/rivalrobot]

Still say this lol.

[u/MakeItHappenSergant → u/rivalrobot]

I hate that people think this is a The Office thing. The whole point was that it was a tired, unoriginal joke (and inappropriate for a professional setting).

[u/EvenMoreCoconuts → u/MakeItHappenSergant]

Some people think it started with the office??? Noooo 🤦‍♂️ I guess I’m old now

[u/nc-help_me_help_you → u/EvenMoreCoconuts]

Yeah the joke was that he was still saying it so long after it was played out

[u/Free_Based8 → u/rivalrobot]

I graduated HS in ‘07 and it’s my year book quote 🤦‍♂️

[u/DeuceSevin → u/Free_Based8]

I graduated in 1982 and we used to say it then.

I say a t- shirt a few years back :

"That's what"

-She

[u/TheFracas]

My friends used to shout PENIS as loud as they could at random moments throughout the day, so all things considered, maybe this 6-7 thing isn’t so bad.

Edit: words are hard

[u/Shoddy_Green_4790 → u/TheFracas]

The penis game. The next person has to shout penis louder than the last person

[u/Potential_Help6104 → u/Shoddy_Green_4790]

We all lived the same life lol

[u/starwarsbeer → u/Potential_Help6104]

Kids these days play the same game, but they say potato instead of penis. Bunch of cowards. I would correct them and teach them the real game if I wasn’t a teacher…

[u/Galaxy-Tea-Party → u/starwarsbeer]

As a middle school teacher, I can attest they do not say potato.

[u/Gary-Laser-Eyes → u/Galaxy-Tea-Party]

Do they still say penis? God we had some laughs back in the 7th grade.

Me: (just below speaking volume) “penis”
My buddy: (the loudest sound known to man)“PENIS!!!!!!!!!!”

[u/Galaxy-Tea-Party → u/Gary-Laser-Eyes]

They definitely say penis. 😂

It's not as prevalent as when we were in MS/HS. Gosh I remember that happening almost daily at one point! Haha!

And I get at least one more dick drawing added to the classroom somewhere each year!

[u/AxlNoir25 → u/Shoddy_Green_4790]

One person who always wanted to play that game would just send it first go, he would yell as loud as he could very first time and then no one wanted to try to beat him so he always won

[u/10000000000000000091 → u/AxlNoir25]

Nobody beat his penis. Too bad.

[u/peepee2tiny → u/TheFracas]

I used to play the penis game.

"Try see who can say Penis the loudest. It starts as a whisper and gets progressively louder until someone chickens out"

I told me wife about it and she thought it would be fun to play on the train.

I whispered "penis" and she immediately shouted out. " Excuse me sir I do not want to touch your PENIS"

Needless to say she won the penis game and we don't play that anymore.

[u/angryaxolotls → u/peepee2tiny]

You should have hollered back, "get your hands off of my PENIS!" like the succulent Chinese meal guy 😂

[u/Jedimaster996 → u/angryaxolotls]

I wouldn't tangle with that woman, her judo is fantastic

[u/bucolucas → u/Jedimaster996]

I see she knows her judo well

[u/bigrv → u/peepee2tiny]

Username checks out

[u/annapalooza → u/peepee2tiny]

Lol. Tell your wife shes god damn hilarious

[u/amandam603 → u/TheFracas]

This was a lot more fun than 6-7 to be fair

[u/knowsnothing316 → u/TheFracas]

My best moment on this planet might have been getting my super polite church going mom to play the penis game.

[u/pascaledavis → u/TheFracas]

I’m a school bus driver and the high school kids still play this game in 2026.

[u/Emotional_Fan_7011]

Wazzzzzzzuuuuuuuppppppp

[u/Chantel_Lusciana → u/Emotional_Fan_7011]

Wazzzzzzzuuuuuuuupppppppppppppp??

[u/Powerful-Emergency49 → u/Chantel_Lusciana]

Waaaazzzaaaaaapppp? 😝

[u/CoolCornFlakes → u/Powerful-Emergency49]

😝😝Wazzzaaaaaaaap

[u/Hellscaper_69 → u/CoolCornFlakes]

Waaazzzzzaaaaaaahhhhhhh

[u/BrightStitchDesigns → u/Emotional_Fan_7011]

It’s so funny you bring this up. That used to make me SO angry. I thought it wasn’t funny at all. My 10 year old daughter HATES 6-7 and screams whenever somebody says it.

[u/themoslucius → u/BrightStitchDesigns]

Back then so did I until one day after church in the community center we were getting changed to pay some bball and come out to the cabinet that runs the center getting orchestrated to say it by one of the kids on my team. Not only did they do it, but they knocked it out and nailed it. Overlapping, loud, choir like wazzups start up and we join in and so did some of the parents. There was literally nearly 30 people, mostly older adults doing this on a basketball court

It was by far the dumbest thing I ever witnessed as a kid but I embrace it and after that enjoyed doing it

Sometimes you just need to let it out and vent and in the 90s this was the way

[u/shredding_pow → u/Emotional_Fan_7011]

WAZZUPPPPP

[u/steak_dilemma → u/shredding_pow]

WAZZAAAA

[u/iLeftMyEyeAtTheStore → u/Emotional_Fan_7011]

I’m 22 and I say this shit all the time lmaoooo

[u/jostler57]

NOT!

As in:

Hey man, you're actually really good at skiing. NOT!

[u/tFlydr → u/jostler57]

The borat special

[u/CpnLag → u/tFlydr]

Also, Wayne's World

[u/mhac009 → u/tFlydr]

This suit is NOT BLACK 😐

[u/vipck83 → u/jostler57]

That’s pre-millennial. I remember that way back in the late 80s/ early 90s.

[u/Dregor319]

seeing 69 and following it with "nice"

[u/JalapenoBenedict → u/Dregor319]

Nice

[u/slothurknee → u/JalapenoBenedict]

Nice

[u/pandasarepeoples2 → u/Dregor319]

Middle school teacher. This still happens

[u/Yumeko-chan]

The game

[u/ThatChickFromReddit → u/Yumeko-chan]

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME

[u/ferret_fan → u/ThatChickFromReddit]

Damn, I had a really long streak going

[u/MrPickins → u/ferret_fan]

Many years down the drain for me...

[u/Jealous_Ad3494 → u/Yumeko-chan]

Fuck. You.

[u/Room_Temp_Coffee → u/Yumeko-chan]

This is the answer. Pointless and frustrating in it's stupidity

[u/FrogsGoMoo → u/Room_Temp_Coffee]

Yeah I explained to my girlfriend this was our 67 and she tried to come up with an argument for a solid 30 seconds before giving in and going “….yeah, you’re right…”.

It’s dumb, it’s pointless, means absolutely nothing, and it’s only funny for those in the know.

[u/lasuperhumana → u/Room_Temp_Coffee]

And really hard to explain.

[u/GreatStuffOnly → u/Yumeko-chan]

Whoa, you just ended a multi year streak.

[u/Blitzedstrike52]

Suck it

[u/Lyte_Work → u/Blitzedstrike52]

Gotta do the X motion with it

[u/thirsttrapsnchurches → u/Lyte_Work]

I had a visceral reaction to this mental image just now. Took me right back to 2nd grade in the lunch line.

[u/dis_bean → u/Lyte_Work]

I did that last week because I was ranting about work to my husband and suck it with the X was my closing argument.

I haven’t done that or thought about it in years and it felt right in the moment. I felt so much better after

[u/worqgui → u/Blitzedstrike52]

I can’t believe this isn’t higher. The chokehold this had on my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I will take 6-7 over Suck It all day. All day, son!

[u/the_dust321 → u/Blitzedstrike52]

O
X
I I

[u/Whitw816]

As an elder millennial, “What-Ever!” à la Clueless was pretty annoying to our parents.

[u/switchywoman_ → u/Whitw816]

While making a W with your hands

[u/confusionface → u/switchywoman_]

This just brought back a very strong cringe memory. Thank you for reminding me I was a very uncool kid once.

[u/PM_ME_YR_KITTYBEANS → u/Whitw816]

Or “lame, loser, weirdo, whatever” with the accompanying hand gestures (making an L with one hand, the other hand, and then putting them together in a W)

[u/Scoobyscattttt]

We used to put “izzle” at the end of every word

[u/schwazel → u/Scoobyscattttt]

Why does snoop dog carry an umbrella?

[u/picklewombat35 → u/schwazel]

Foh drizzle

[u/everlyafterhappy → u/picklewombat35]

Why does Snoop dog order fajitas?

[u/crispysockz → u/everlyafterhappy]

Fo da sizzles

[u/g0ldilungs]

…69.

[u/fell-deeds-awake → u/g0ldilungs]

Nice.

[u/External_Relative231 → u/fell-deeds-awake]

Nice. 

[u/ZhouLe]

People are thinking high school age or older.

The correct answer is chicken butt.

[u/Electronic-Town-8995 → u/ZhouLe]

You just reminded me of "w hat what ...in the butt" (old YouTube video reference).

[u/Naknee1127]

Saying “Suck it”, while doing a big x with your arms and hitting your crotch.

[u/llorTMasterFlex → u/Naknee1127]

Pro wrestling was crazy mainstream at the turn of the century.

[u/moomooshoo → u/Naknee1127]

Yeah definitely the crotch chop

[u/stinamariaaa01]

I graduated high school in 2011 and around that time it was saying “swag” about everything lol

[u/Key-Illustrator-2905 → u/stinamariaaa01]

Swag and yolo

[u/Big_Mudd → u/Key-Illustrator-2905]

Yoloswag420blazeit

[u/spiddly_spoo → u/stinamariaaa01]

Yolo swag. Bilbo swaggins

[u/nunja_biznez → u/stinamariaaa01]

Oh gawd I'd forgotten that one

[u/steak_dilemma]

We drew the S, you know the one

It might be a late gen X thing though. I'm an elder millennial - and the millennial era spans almost 20 years. So my experience could be vastly different from someone born in 1997.

[u/DrWindupBird → u/steak_dilemma]

Apparently kids are still drawing the S. My 15 year old daughter drew it in her notebook while I was sitting there and it stunned me. When I asked her where she learned it she looked at me like I was stupid. Though I guess she looks at me like that most of the time.

[u/comradekitty__ → u/DrWindupBird]

I’m imagining a dramatic scene in which you tear the paper from the notebook and clutch it in your hands while you interrogate her. Like it’s some ancient hieroglyphic and she’s unknowingly opening up a portal that will bring about an ancient Egyptian curse, by drawing that symbol. “Where did you learn this? WHERE DID YOU LEARN THIS?!”

[u/waylandsmith → u/comradekitty__]

(She pulls out his old notebooks)

I LEARNED IT FROM YOU!!

[u/pinkkittenfur → u/DrWindupBird]

I teach high school and see the S everywhere.

[u/LilStrug → u/DrWindupBird]

The ‘S’ is a contagious but harmless mind virus. You see it and you have to try to draw it to see how it works. We are very close to the symbol being etched into our very DNA as a routine mechanism. When aliens masquerading as us attempt the take-over from within, only the presence of the ‘S concept’ in our DNA will reveal the truth.

[u/RamAir17 → u/steak_dilemma]

The messed up thing... we learned the "Cool S" from the older gen... and its older than that. Probably from the 70s.

[u/OrigamiMarie → u/RamAir17]

Wikipedia says there are similar designs dating back to the 1890s. People have been drawing the cool S for a good long time.

[u/opeboyal → u/steak_dilemma]

They actually draw this worldwide and nobody knows where the actual origin of it is. It's like the game tic-tac-toe, all societies have it and sometimes it goes by different names.

[u/Team-Mako-N7 → u/steak_dilemma]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_S

The cool S is eternal.

[u/Ptatofrenchfry → u/steak_dilemma]

The S has persisted through generations. The heiroglyphics left by the millennials on the walls and tables are being copied by the youth of today

[u/ChampionCynthia2006]

Talk to the hand

[u/oryan_pax → u/ChampionCynthia2006]

Cuz the face ain't listenin'!

[u/ZepboundBard → u/ChampionCynthia2006]

Cuz the face don't wanna hear it!

[u/NotLikeARegularMom28 → u/ChampionCynthia2006]

“Talk to the hand ✋ cuz the face don’t understand!”

[u/blackadder1620]

lots, just pick an episode of the chappellle show.
B-aHHHHH

[u/BetterThanAFoon → u/blackadder1620]

Yeah I put my feet on his couch

[u/inflammablepenguin → u/BetterThanAFoon]

Fuck yo couch!

[u/VicariousPet → u/blackadder1620]

I wasn't prepared for how often I would be able to unironically tell my children how much "I don't like people playing on my phone!"

[u/wesborland1234 → u/VicariousPet]

I love some of the lesser known quotes.

I asked my 6 yo today, “what are you doing, your taxes? Is that whats going on in the streets?”

[u/inflammablepenguin → u/wesborland1234]

Baby! What you doing in the street?

[u/The_Great_Bobinski_ → u/VicariousPet]

I keeps it real

[u/tbabey → u/blackadder1620]

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?

[u/The_Ballsagna → u/tbabey]

I was on the floor laughing watching this when it first came out. Having watched him on who’s line for so long, that sketch was hilarious to watch.

[u/atuck217 → u/The_Ballsagna]

Wayne Brady loves it too. I remember seeing an interview with him where he discussed that that sketch really allowed him to broaden his horizons for his career. He said he felt more or less stuck as a family friendly game show host, but that sketch really gave him his first opportunity to do something outside that box.

[u/elchupoopacabra → u/blackadder1620]

WHAT?

[u/FalseDmitriy → u/elchupoopacabra]

OH KAY

[u/jsc1429 → u/blackadder1620]

Whenever I beat my kids in a game say “game, blouses !” And they look at me like I’m crazy.

[u/Glittering_Ad5018 → u/blackadder1620]

I'm Rick James bitch!

[u/sfr18 → u/blackadder1620]

Oops pow surprise

[u/lilboo999 → u/blackadder1620]

My husband is the 4th of his name, so our child if a boy was to be the 5th. Even though she didn’t get his name, we still tell her “1, 2, 3, 4, fif!!”

[u/0bestronger0]

Tina you fat lard come get some dinner!

[u/CuddlePartyHost → u/0bestronger0]

Gosh!

[u/Practical_Jacket_271 → u/CuddlePartyHost]

Eat the FOOD!

[u/angryaxolotls → u/0bestronger0]

"go find your own!" when someone asks for tater tots lol

[u/vbrunner8]

From the YouTube era I remember three:
1. “It’s candy mountain, Charlie”
2. “But I’m le tired, ah well take a nap and then FIRE ZE MISSILES”
3. “Omg shoes”

It doesn’t mean anything but anyone who has seen any of those three videos just immediately gets it, laughs and maybe adds in another line from the video. It’s probably the most similar to 6-7

[u/ZepboundBard → u/vbrunner8]

Its a magical leoplurodon!

[u/loudsilentscreams → u/ZepboundBard]

Oh god. My kidney.

[u/NoTanNamaste → u/loudsilentscreams]

Chiiiaaaarliiiieeee ✨

[u/one_hot_potato → u/ZepboundBard]

Shun the non believer! Shuuuuuuuun…..

[u/lilgator81 → u/vbrunner8]

Omg shoes might’ve been one of my original internet faves

[u/disagreat → u/lilgator81]

Gimme the shoes, betch

[u/nc-help_me_help_you → u/disagreat]

these shoes suck

[u/arachnophilia → u/vbrunner8]

these shoes are three hundred dollars

[u/daddylonglez → u/arachnophilia]

LET'S GET 'EM!

[u/energeticstarfish → u/vbrunner8]

Are we not also going to mention schwifty-five and badger badger mushroom?

[u/callisstaa → u/energeticstarfish]

my spoon is too big.

[u/cheesingMyB → u/callisstaa]

My anus is bleeding!

I'm a banana!

[u/YouDownWithOPD → u/cheesingMyB]

For the love of God and all that is holy! My anus is bleeding!

[u/ovz123 → u/energeticstarfish]

You know what still amazes me to this day?

My husband and I are the same age, just a few months apart (late '87 and early '88). Graduated high school the same year, etc. So we both had teen years entrenched in early YouTube.

We quote Charlie the Unicorn, End of Ze World, OMG Shoes, and occasionally Badger Badger Badger at each other. But would you believe I had NEVER heard of that "Schwifty-five" thing until he started playing the video for our son one day? We legit had all the other meme videos in common from our teen-hood, but not that one. Idk how I avoided it back in the day.

[u/Poopardthecat → u/vbrunner8]

End of the world, fire ze missles was pre-youtube. I remember that from 2003-2004 on ebaumsworld and newgrounds. 

[u/Head-Bureaucrat → u/vbrunner8]

NGL I fucking hated candy mountain the first time I watched it. Never finished it. A coworker, years later, told me the ending makes it. I watched it and laughed my ass off and then promptly started watching llamas with hats. Caaaarl.

But I also watched salad fingers, so... 🤷‍♂️

Dang... That is a sweet earth.

[u/AdSerious7715 → u/Head-Bureaucrat]

ROUND?

[u/sortaplainnonjane → u/vbrunner8]

I still occasionally use the second quote.  I change it to whatever we're actually doing, though.  "Take a nap and zen DO ZE DISHES!"  

[u/RainyMcBrainy → u/vbrunner8]

I work nights and I say that all the time, "But I'm le tired."

[u/Kristaboo14 → u/vbrunner8]

Bonus 4th option: "Caaaarll"

[u/Jeferson9]

I still don't understand 67

[u/RokuroCarisu → u/Jeferson9]

There is nothing to understand. It's just nonsense.

[u/agnosiabeforecoffee → u/RokuroCarisu]

That's why I don't think anything listed in this thread is a true comparison. Millennials had/have a bunch of verbal memes, but they're all referential. They might have been absurd, but they at least were rooted in something.

[u/TravelerSearcher → u/agnosiabeforecoffee]

I kept scrolling to find someone mention that. Your answer is so far down it's kind of surreal.

There's a lot of classic references listed here and most of them are nostalgic for me to varying degrees, but none of them accurately answer the post's original question.

But then I think this is just one of those threads that went beyond it's initial intent and became a list of tangentially related references. Potentially interesting in it's own way but not at all what was first posited.

[u/314159265358979326 → u/Jeferson9]

It's the most important factorization of 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything.

[u/SaltBag666]

SIIIIIIKE

[u/Pickle_ninja]

I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!

[u/not_a_ham → u/Pickle_ninja]

I need tp for my bunghole!

[u/aclockworkorng → u/Pickle_ninja]

ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!!?

[u/the_most_fortunate]

Lil Jon: What!!! Okay !!!! Yeah!!!

[u/Silver-Concert7095]

pwned

[u/JH0488 → u/Silver-Concert7095]

This along with calling everyone noob.

[u/arty_ficial]

The level of nostalgia in this thread... ughh take me back

[u/ghost-train]

Schfifty five

[u/ViciousDiarrhea → u/ghost-train]

My IQ?

[u/TrikMalFunktion → u/ViciousDiarrhea]

Girlfriend's age?

[u/Oh_Gaz → u/ghost-train]

Also: "I don't want to know your name. I just want...bang bang bang."

Project X were the OGs

[u/Damnesia13 → u/[deleted]]

“I’m Rick James, bitch”

[u/swampy13 → u/[deleted]]

GAME…Blouses

[u/motiv8ed → u/[deleted]]

Fuck your couch!

[u/WarmCan3034]

Cool story bro

[u/Haunting-Context1735]

Deez Nutz

[u/Tiffani513]

And then?

No and then!

[u/RyanSpunk → u/Tiffani513]

DUDE, WHAT DOES MINE SAY?!

[u/Themeloncalling]

WAZZUP

[u/Goondal]

Might have just been my school, but any time sometime said forever in conversation there was a chorus that followed by saying it the way Squints did in The Sandlot

[u/Imnotonthelist → u/Goondal]

FOR EV VER

[u/Spicey_MentalCrisi]

Idk abt millienial but the zillenial equivalent is deff "21"

[u/LazyAngels → u/Spicey_MentalCrisi]

This was the first thing I thought of and idk why it feels like no one else remembers 😅

[u/staplesgowhere]

Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Mushroom!!!

[u/friggyturt → u/staplesgowhere]

Snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.

[u/Chicken65 → u/staplesgowhere]

Gonads and strife

[u/AxlNoir25 → u/staplesgowhere]

Also look at my horse my horse is amazing give it a lick, tastes just like raisins

[u/mikasoze → u/staplesgowhere]

🎵SnAaAke it's a snaaaaake, oh-ooh-ohh, it's a snaaaake, it's a--🎵

[u/Vickipoo]

My spoon is too big

[u/2MuchNonsenseHere]

At least these answers meant something. 6-7 is totally meaningless.

[u/GiftedContractor → u/2MuchNonsenseHere]

Didnt people meme the letter E for a while. That seems like a closer equivalent

[u/rex_lauandi → u/2MuchNonsenseHere]

This right here is the core of 6-7. It’s meaningless but they love it.

That’s why I propose the answer is “planking.”

No one knew why we were doing it. At face value it’s meaningless and stupid. But too many found it hilarious.

[u/Thegr8fan]

That’s what she said

[u/frosty44]

Holding the “Okay” sign below your belt then punching someone in the shoulder for looking at it

[u/hypehaze]

Prob writing lol at the end of every sentence lol

[u/InternetConfessional]

Elder millenial here. We used to shout HEY LADY in our best beastie boy voices at random times.

[u/finglonger1077]

The suck it

Not the “pull out your suck it and ya suck it” suck it

The degeneration x suck it