split one's sides

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split one's sides

verb splits one's sides · splitting one's sides · split one's sides

  1. idiomatic, intransitive To laugh hysterically. Madcap Ciss with her golliwog curls. You had to laugh at her sometimes. For instance when she asked you would you have some more Chinese tea and jaspberry ram and when she drew the jugs too and the men's faces on her nails with red ink make you split your sides[…]

    Similar: laugh one's head off, roll in the aisles

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@misc{split_one_s_sides_2026,
  title = {split one's sides},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/split%20one's%20sides},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}