Check, Please Edit Meaning

1.

A phrase uttered after someone says something personal, unusual or embarassing and is followed by an uncomfortably long silence. The timing is the key to this insult.

person 1: I find Michael Jackson makes me extremely moist.

<uncomfortably long silence>

person 2: CHECK, PLEASE!

2.

Hold the conversation, I need an explination. Used to stop the conversation, not to inquire, although this is the most common use.

Man 1: And so I said to her, you've got great purple bananas!

Man 2: Check, please: what's a purple banana?

See inquire, check, please, check please, stop, hold, hold up, wait