Zip your Lip

What it means

Stop talking, said with rather less patience than a simple request for quiet.

Where it comes from

It cannot be older than the fastening. The zip was christened the zipper in the 1920s, by a company selling it on rubber boots, and the mouth comparison followed almost immediately.

The puzzle it came from

Zip your Lip was the answer to the Phrasicle of August 29, 2025. The clue read ____ your ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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