Perhaps you’ve already heard, but Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year for 2025 is…
**drum roll**
67.
Or, I suppose to be more specific, “six-seven,” the recent – and current – trending vocalization among middle-schoolers.
For info as to why Dictionary.com selected “six-seven” as their WotY, click HERE.
**drum roll**
67.
Or, I suppose to be more specific, “six-seven,” the recent – and current – trending vocalization among middle-schoolers.
For info as to why Dictionary.com selected “six-seven” as their WotY, click HERE.
I thought I would share this today, since it’s the 6th (and tomorrow is the 7th), and I thought I’d look into Dickinson’s use of “six” “seven.” Did she use the words in any of her poems? And if so, which one appeared more often?
I checked the ED archive, and it turns out that “six” appears in three poems, and “seven” shows up in two. The words do not appear together in any poem.
SIX
“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine”
“I tie my hat – I crease my shawl”
“The birds begun at four o’clock”
SEVEN
“At half past three a single bird”
“Rearrange a ‘Wife’s’ affection”
By the way, Dictionary.com’s other top contenders for “Word of the Year,” including “tariff” and “kiss cam,” are included on the link above.
What would be your “Word of the Year” for 2025?
I checked the ED archive, and it turns out that “six” appears in three poems, and “seven” shows up in two. The words do not appear together in any poem.
SIX
“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine”
“I tie my hat – I crease my shawl”
“The birds begun at four o’clock”
SEVEN
“At half past three a single bird”
“Rearrange a ‘Wife’s’ affection”
By the way, Dictionary.com’s other top contenders for “Word of the Year,” including “tariff” and “kiss cam,” are included on the link above.
What would be your “Word of the Year” for 2025?
NUMBERS IN THE POETRY OF EMILY DICKINSON:
Number / # poems in which the number appears:
Number / # poems in which the number appears:
| One: 548 poems Two: 62 Three: 12 Four: 5 Five: 1 Six: 3 Seven: 2 Eight: 0 Nine: 1 Ten: 6 Eleven: 0 Twelve: 2 | Eleven: 0 Twelve: 2 Thirteen: 0 Fourteen: 0 Fifteen: 0 Sixteen: 0 Seventeen: 0 Eighteen: 1 Nineteen: 0 Twenty: 0 | Forty: 1 Fifty: 0 Hundred: 13 Thousand: 8 |
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