[Ads-l] Antedating of "Talk to the Hand"

[Shapiro, Fred]

talk to the hand (OED 1995)

1994 Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 19 July 8E (ProQuest)

TALK TO THE HAND
"It means, 'Shut up, I don't want to talk to you anymore.'"
— James, 12, Boca Raton Middle

NOTE: This is widely attributed to comedian Martin Lawrence, but I have not been able to pinpoint episodes of the "Martin" television show that used the expression.

Fred Shapiro

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