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title: "talk to the hand · GenZ Decoded"
description: "talk to the hand: A dismissive refusal to listen, often with a raised palm gesture. Example: \"I don't want your excuses, so talk to the hand.\""
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# talk to the hand

Gen X[#bad](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/criticism/)

**Meaning.** A dismissive refusal to listen, often with a raised palm gesture.

See it in a sentence

I don't want your excuses, so talk to the hand.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [hop off](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hop-off/),[put the fries in the bag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/put-the-fries-in-the-bag/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [bye Felicia](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bye-felicia/)

- Gen X · this one

    talk to the hand,[eat my shorts](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/eat-my-shorts/)

- Boomer

    [bug off](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bug-off/),[get lost](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-lost/)

- Plain English

    dismissive refusal to listen, often with a raised palm gesture

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## Related slang

- [sus](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/sus/): Suspicious or shady; not to be trusted.
- [sybau](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/sybau/): An aggressive online initialism used to tell someone to be quiet or stop talking. It stands for a rude phrase that cleanly means 'shut up'. Usually hostile toward strangers, though friends fire it back and forth as teasing when it comes with laughing emojis. A running joke claims it means 'stay young, beautiful, and unique', which is a cover story, not the real meaning.
- [thot](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/thot/): A derogatory acronym labeling a woman as promiscuous.
- [throw down](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/throw-down/): To fight or challenge someone to a fight.

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