"talk to the hand" (Query)

[Michael K. Gottlieb]

Might I add the variation, "Talk to the elbow, 'cuz you ain't worth the
extension!"

Mike Gottlieb

On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Johanna N Franklin wrote:

>     It's teen slang.  You stick your hand out in the face of someone who
> is boring you or being unpleasant and say "Talk to the hand, 'cause the
> face ain't listening."  I've also heard "Talk to the hand, 'cause the
> face don't understand."  I guess I've heard it as just "Talk to the
> hand," too, but less often.
>
> I heard it in high school in southern Illinois in the mid-1900s.
>
>     Smile, Johanna
>
> Excerpts from mail: 7-Mar-100 "talk to the hand" (Query) by Gerald
> Cohen at UMR.EDU
> >    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
>
>
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