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To say that someone was "shut up" meant that they were locked up, quarantined, or held prisoner. For example, several passages in the King James Version of the Bible instruct that if a priest determines that a person shows certain symptoms of illness, "then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days". [1]
Often considered to be sarcastic or obnoxious, the phrase was popularized by actor and comedian Martin Lawrence in his 1992 sitcom Martin. [3] It was formally reported from as early as 1995, when a local Indianapolis magazine story noted "Talk to the hand—The phrase, which means, 'Shut up', is accompanied by a hand in front of the victim's face."
While digging in her garden, harried housewife Penny unearths a wooden box containing a gold pendant in the shape of a sundial. She discovers that saying "shut up" while wearing the pendant causes the entire world but herself to become frozen in time and saying "start talking" makes everything begin moving again.
A heated discussion. The View star Joy Behar snapped at co-host Sara Haines on Wednesday, telling her to "shut up" during a chat about male-female platonic relationships. "I feel like I have a ...
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Chappell Roan shouted at someone to "shut the fuck up" on the red carpet of the Video Music Awards — after they yelled the same. A clip of the incident went viral on X during Wednesday's event.
A user who talks constantly and seldom listens (comic reference to an alligator - all mouth and no ears). Someone who will not shut up. Frequently refers to a powerful local base station transmitting to mobile CBers, often on channel 19. ("Bucket mouth"/"Linear lungs," but a base station rather than a mobile. Sometimes, though rarely, used to ...
Shut up. Nobody asked you,” Williams said. Celebrity endorsements have been making headlines, especially Taylor Swift’s nod for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris following last ...