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pics or it didn't happen en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

Suggesting the denial of the veracity of a report of the event by demanding pictures thereof as proof.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, humorous) Used to request a picture of a reported event, especially on an Internet forum.
    • “I just got out of the shower,” I explained. Will pointed down, asking playfully, “Pics or it didn't happen.” “No pics,” I snorted. “No Snapchats, no video. Sorry.” 2014, Jessa Holbrook, While You're Away, Penguin, →ISBN:
    • “Nah. It can be so fake. People just post things that make them look good. You never get the whole story.” I look at my phone in my hand. Pics or it didn’t happen! Ruby likes to say. 2016, Aimee Friedman, Two Summers, Point, →ISBN, page 195:
    • Pug Nose: “Oh, he will.” “Pics or it didn't happen.” 2013, Jade C. Jamison, Quickies: Sexy Short Stories and Other Stuff, page 89:
    • 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. 2015 February 26, Jacob Silverman, “‘Pics or it didn’t happen’ – the mantra of the Instagram era”, in The Guardian:
    • This normative expectation is perhaps best captured in the popular colloquial phrase: “Pics or it didn't happen.” 2016, Jan E. Stets, Richard T. Serpe, New Directions in Identity Theory and Research, page 147:
  2. (Internet, humorous) Used to demand verifiable evidence for a statement.

Forms

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Translations (8)

fr photo sinon fake (used to request a picture of a reported event) · cmn 無圖無真相 /无图无真相 (used to request a picture of a reported event) · he תמונה, או שזה לא קרה (used to request a picture of a reported event) · cmn 沒圖沒真相 /没图没真相 (used to request a picture of a reported event) · pt sem fotos, sem fatos (used to request a picture of a reported event) · cmn 有圖為證 /有图为证 (used to request a picture of a reported event) · fi kuva tai ei uskota (used to request a picture of a reported event) · cmn 有圖有真相 /有图有真相 (used to request a picture of a reported event)