96 Tears

96 Tears, is a phrase similar to 16 Chins, and originated from the popular song recorded by Question Mark & the Mysterians (also known as "? and the Mysterians") in 1966. It was made by the same two people who created the popular and well-known 16 Chins phrase, although for this "phrase" was only "created" by one of those two people. It is an innuendo for someone who cries a lot, and is depressed. It says the person literally cries ninety-six teardrops.

It is unknown why in the song the person says he's crying the specific number of ninety-six tears, and not a hundred or whatever else, but it says here a song fact explaining about this:

"? tells us that the song was always called "96 Tears," and never "69 Tears" or "Too Many Teardrops" as sometimes reported. He insists that the number 96 has a deep, philosophical meaning, but refuses to tell us what that is."

The song was made by a bunch of hippies on wack and is completely pointless but for some it's pretty catchy.