"Whoever came up with the spelling for…

“Whoever came up with the spelling for ‘receipt’ was an idiopt” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The letter “p” is silent.

“Whoever spelled the word Receipt was a friggin idiopt” was posted on Facebook by Jevories Moore on September 6, 2015. “Whoever came up with the spelling for the word ‘Receipt’ was a friggin idiopt” was posted on Facebook by Tom Palmer on January 26, 2016. “whoever came up with the spelling for ‘receipt’ was an idiopt” was posted on X/Twitter by @ppyowna on August 2, 2025, and this received over 24,000 likes.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
receipt
Etymology
Noun
Middle English receite, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin recepta, probably from Latin, neuter plural of receptus, past participle of recipere to receive

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Jevories Moore
September 6, 2015 at 9:07 PM ·
Whoever spelled the word Receipt was a friggin idiopt.

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Meggles
@Dimemeg
Whoever spelled the word Receipt was probably an idiopt
11:02 AM · Sep 28, 2015

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Sonny Mbok
@fynesonny
Whoever spelled the word Receipt was a friggin idiopt
9:23 AM · Dec 12, 2015

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J R
@JRfromBK
Whoever spelled the word “receipt” was a friggin idiopt
1:44 PM · Jan 28, 2016

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Diana M Chavis
January 23, 2016 at 6:38 PM ·
Whoever came up with the spelling of receipt is an idiopt lol

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Tom Palmer
January 26, 2016 at 3:01 PM ·
Whoever came up with the spelling for the word “Receipt” was a friggin idiopt

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Andrew J. Mair
@ajmairauthor
Whoever spelled the word Receipt was an idiopt
11:38 PM · Jan 29, 2016

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Faizan Patel
@faizanpatel
Whoever came up with the word “receipt” was an idiopt.
10:27 PM · Feb 1, 2016

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Chicken Noodle Soup
@mmmarcko
Whoever spelled the word Receipt was an idiopt
11:28 AM · Jul 3, 2016

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Eric Wilkinson
@EricWilkinson
The guy who determined how we should spell the word receipt was an idiopt.
1:58 PM · Oct 27, 2016

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Joel Wade
@Wahday44
Whoever came up with the spelling for receipt was an idiopt.
4:05 PM · Jun 27, 2020

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Smruti Patel
@smrutipatell
Whoever came up the spelling for receipt was an idiopt
3:40 PM · Jun 29, 2020

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𝕬𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗 𝕾𝕴𝕽3
@therealSIR3
Whoever came up with the spelling for “receipt” was an idiopt.
5:46 PM · Jun 22, 2025

Bluesky
Dad Jokes
‪@dadsaysjokes.com‬
Whoever came up with the spelling for “receipt” was an idiopt.
June 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM

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@ppyowna
whoever came up with the spelling for “receipt” was an idiopt
10:35 AM · Aug 2, 2025