"talk to the hand" (Query)

[Gerald Cohen]

   I have received the following query:

. ... Do you know the aproximate origin date of the
>slang phrase "talk to the hand"?  Also, do you know where this phrase
>originates?  Thank you for your time!
>
---------I  am totally unfamiliar with slang "talk to the hand.," and  a
check of several dictionaries of slang turns up nothing.   Can  anyone
shed light on it?

----Gerald Cohen



gcohen at umr.edu