CULTURETECHLENStalk to the hand
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Combined Graph record U-00680 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0279. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Dictionary.com slang explainer (fetched in full): 'The dismissive phrase talk to the hand started in the 1990s as a silly but rude way of telling someone you don't want to hear what they're saying' ('shut up'); 'Many credit the Fox sitcom Martin with popularizing talk to the hand' (Martin aired 1992-1997) - matches stored meaning, era and era_note. Corroborated by Dictionary.com's '90s slang article (also fetched in full): 'a dismissive expression... signaling the end of a conversation.'
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Dictionary.com slang explainer (fetched in full): 'The dismissive phrase talk to the hand started in the 1990s as a silly but rude way of telling someone you don't want to hear what they're saying' ('shut up'); 'Many credit the Fox sitcom Martin with popularizing talk to the hand' (Martin aired 1992-1997) - matches stored meaning, era and era_note. Corroborated by Dictionary.com's '90s slang article (also fetched in full): 'a dismissive expression... signaling the end of a conversation.'
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Dictionary.com slang explainer (fetched in full): 'The dismissive phrase talk to the hand started in the 1990s as a silly but rude way of telling someone you don't want to hear what they're saying' ('shut up'); 'Many credit the Fox sitcom Martin with popularizing talk to the hand' (Martin aired 1992-1997) - matches stored meaning, era and era_note. Corroborated by Dictionary.com's '90s slang article (also fetched in full): 'a dismissive expression... signaling the end of a conversation.'
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