pics or it didn't happen
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suggesting the denial of the veracity of a report of the event by demanding pictures thereof as proof. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. first use etc.
Pronunciation
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[edit]- (Internet slang, humorous) Used to request a picture of a reported event, especially on an Internet forum.
- 2013, Jade C. Jamison, Quickies: Sexy Short Stories and Other Stuff, page 89:
- Pug Nose: “Oh, he will.”
“Pics or it didn't happen.”
- 2015 February 26, Jacob Silverman, “‘Pics or it didn’t happen’ – the mantra of the Instagram era”, in The Guardian[2]:
- Don’t think, just post it. “Pics or it didn’t happen” – that is the populist mantra of the social networking age. Show us what you did, so that we may believe and validate it.
- 2016, Jan E. Stets, Richard T. Serpe, New Directions in Identity Theory and Research, page 147:
- This normative expectation is perhaps best captured in the popular colloquial phrase: “Pics or it didn't happen.”
- (Internet slang, humorous) Used to demand verifiable evidence for a statement.
Translations
[edit]used to request a picture of a reported event
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