What is "talk to the hand"

vb. (context colloquial US idiomatic English) Used usually sarcastically to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that the speaker (or writer) is not prepared to hear (or read) anything further that the other person has to say (or write). It is often used while simultaneously holding up the hand with the palm facing the speaker.

"Talk to the hand" (or "tell it to the hand") is an English language slang phrase associated with the 1990s. It originated as a contemptuous way of saying one does not want to hear what the person who is speaking is saying.

It is often elongated to a phrase such as "Talk to the hand, because the ears ain't listening" or "Talk to the hand, because the face ain't listening." A variant is "talk to the hand because the face doesn't understand!"

Talk to the hand is an English language slang phrase.

The phrase is also used in the title of:

• Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan, a live album and DVD by Barenaked Ladies
• "Talk to the Hand", a song by Honeyz
• Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door, a book by Lynne Truss
• " Parle à ma main" ("Talk to the hand " in English), a 2006 song recorded by French act Fatal Bazooka featuring Yelle
• "Talk to the Hand", an episode of Dexter