"talk to the hand" (Query)

[Tom Dalzell]

William Safire wrote on the expression after surveying the usual suspects
several years ago.

Tom Dalzell

Gerald Cohen wrote:

>    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