noun
a contemporary genre of Latin American popular music, in the style of a ballad, featuring guitars, percussion, and singing.
EXAMPLES OF BACHATA
plural noun
evidence or proof.
Receipts as in, show me the receipts, is a proven phrase, thanks to award-winning journalists and creators jarrett hill & Tre'vell Anderson's new book, Historically Black Phrases, published by Ten Speed Press from Penguin Random House. In this video, jarrett hill & Tre'vell Anderson have the receipts for the uses of receipts:
Receipts, in the phrase show me the receipts, as evidenced in jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson’s new book, Historically Black Phrases, out now from Ten Speed Press from Penguin Random House:
PRONUNCIATION
Phonetic.
TRANSLATION
“Where is the proof?”
USAGE
A defiant dare meant to encourage the spoken-to to prove their allegation. If the speaker is the person implicated in said allegation, they likely believe there is no verifiable proof and therefore are willing to stick their neck out to boldly demand proof.
EXAMPLE
When Tia and Tamera said they’d gone to finish their homework with Roger after school, Lisa wasn’t buying it. “Show me some receipts,” she said, waiting for this allegedly completed homework to come out of their backpacks.
ORIGIN OF RECEIPTS
EXAMPLES OF SELCOUTH