I was impressed to read the Oxford English Dictionary attribute the phrase Shut you pie hole,’ to Stephen King. The OED says, ‘The earliest known use of the noun pie hole is from 1983, in the writing of Stephen King, novelist,’ in his novel Christine. Looking into this subject further, however, (going down the pie hole, as it were) I learned that a character in Sally Field’s 1979 movie Norma Rae, written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, tells her, ‘Norma, shut your cake hole!’ So I’m less impressed with Stephen King and the OED. They should shut their pie hole.

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    10 months ago

    I like to use “Shut your cry hole” to silence protestors. Fortunately I have a supply of adult pacifiers which work much better.