A: Apart from the world’s major dictionaries, the online Dictionary.com actually picked “67” as its word of the year.
B: What does “67” even mean?
A: Even the dictionary wasn’t exactly sure about its meaning. The slang term’s origin might be traced to US rapper Skrilla’s song Doot Doot (67). Aren’t Taiwanese media outlets choosing the Mandarin word for 2025?
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B: Yeah and after hearing the song Good-for-Nothing, adapted from some catchphrases of Legislator Wang Shih-chien, I’m going to vote for the character “tsung” (hasty) from the lyrics.
A: Hopefully, in the new year, we’ll be calm as the song’s lyrics say, and not hasty.
A: 除了全球各大字典外，網路字典Dictionary.com今年的代表字為︰「67」（六七）。
B: 天啊「67」又是什麼怪字？
A: 就連該字典都不完全確定它的涵義，但這股熱潮可能起源自美國饒舌歌手Skrilla的歌曲《Doot Doot (6 7)》。台灣媒體不是也在選中文代表字嗎？
B: 對，而在聽了改編自立委王世堅金句的神曲《沒出息》後，我想投歌詞裡的「匆」字！
A: 希望新的一年我們都能像歌詞裡說的「從從容容、游刃有餘」，千萬別再「匆匆忙忙、連滾帶爬」。
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