Entry · catalog no. 8705

receipts

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noun · nationwide · 2026

✓ Verified

Proof. The screenshots, records, or documentation that settle a claim someone made about you or about themselves.

“She came in the group chat with receipts.”

Origin & Attribution

Whitney Houston, 2002. Pressed by Diane Sawyer on a tabloid figure claiming a $730,000 drug habit, Houston answered: I want to see the receipts. From the drug dealer that I bought $730,000 worth of drugs from. I want to see the receipts. Black Twitter carried the line forward through the 2000s and 2010s until receipts became the standard demand for evidence anywhere online. The phrasing is hers.

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nationwide · 2026

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First used

2026

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Recorded here

2026

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Whitney Houston, interviewed by Diane Sawyer — ABC Primetime television special · 2002

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Dictionary.com, slang entry "receipts" — reference · ongoing

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