What is Check, Please?
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?
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