Receipts
Etymology
From the literal receipt (proof of a transaction), extended to any documentary proof. The usage is often traced to Black English and a widely cited 2002 Whitney Houston interview (“show me the receipts”), and it spread through Black Twitter and screenshot culture in the 2010s.
noun · /ruh-SEETS/
Documented proof — screenshots, records, or transcripts of what someone actually said or did.
What it names
It names hard evidence produced to settle a dispute, especially when someone denies or revises their own past words. To “have the receipts” is to hold the record that ends the argument, converting he-said-she-said into something checkable.
Example
She claims she warned them about the deadline — but do we have the receipts?
Related idea
More concrete than proof in general: receipts specifically implies a saved, showable record, usually digital.