Mid receipts are evidence that technically exists but is underwhelming, ambiguous, or too weak to actually settle the argument.
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Mega receipts are evidence so comprehensive, damning, or voluminous that they don't just make a point — they obliterate any possible counter-argument. Not just a screenshot but a full thread, a compiled timeline, a document, or an undeniable paper trail that leaves zero room for plausible deniability. Mega receipts are deployed for the biggest moments: major cancellations, years-long contradictions exposed at once, or public figures finally being held accountable for something the internet has been tracking for a long time. When someone drops mega receipts, the conversation is effectively over.
Screenshots or proof of what someone said or did, produced when they try to deny it. "I have the receipts" = I kept the evidence. The ultimate weapon in any group-chat feud, breakup, or public callout.
Screenshots or evidence proving a claim. "Show me the receipts" = "prove it." Originated in stan Twitter / call-out culture.
Mid receipts are evidence that technically exists but is underwhelming, ambiguous, or too weak to actually settle the argument. You came to the fight, you have a screenshot, but it's out of context, slightly inconclusive, or really only proves something adjacent to the actual point. Mid receipts are worse than no receipts in some ways — at least with no receipts you can plead ignorance. Showing up with mid receipts signals you tried and failed, and the internet will judge you for both the attempt and the inadequacy of the evidence.
That one reply from 2021 was supposed to be the smoking gun? Those are mid receipts at best, this case is not closed.
A receipts fail is when someone tries to produce damning evidence and it either backfires, proves the opposite of what they intended, or is so weak it becomes a joke. Maybe the screenshot is cropped suspiciously, maybe it's taken wildly out of context, or maybe it turns out the actual receipts contradict their own position. A receipts fail is one of the most humiliating things that can happen online — you showed up to a fight with what you thought was proof and instead just handed the other side ammunition.