""41" references are currently growing on TikTok. Like "67," "41" doesn't really mean anything - and can be used in many different contexts. You may see kids saying "41" on social media or in a conversation. Unlike "67," pronounced "six seven," "41" is pronounced as "forty-one." The hand motion for the slang is the opposite of "67", according to Mr. Lindsay, a middle school teacher who titled himself the "OG Student Translator" on social media."
"In the lyrics, Blizzi Boi raps about how he's 41 and has 41 of everything, said Mr. Lindsay. The song was released in 2021, but has since resurfaced on TikTok. Burroughs weighs in on what makes "41" so appealing to kids. "I think that there's a little bit of a game that kind of goes on right now with, like memes and Tiktok culture and the spread of these kinds of more memetic slang," Burroughs says."
41 functions as a flexible slang term among Gen Z and Gen Alpha, often used without a fixed meaning and interchangeable with similar memetic terms like 67. The term resurfaced after the song "41 Song" by Blizzi Boi, in which the artist raps about being 41 and having 41 of everything; the song was released in 2021 and later gained traction on TikTok. The hand gesture for 41 uses both palms flipped and moving outward, described as the opposite of the 67 gesture. Observers note that online meme culture and the humor of others' confusion fuel the term's spread.
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