My Sides

My Sides

Part of a series on Internet Slang. [View Related Entries]

Updated Jul 21, 2020 at 04:31AM EDT by Y F.

Added May 24, 2013 at 05:59PM EDT by ­­­Alex Mercer.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.



About

"My Sides" is a colloquial phrase used to convey laughter on message boards or in comments, especially in response to a funny image, video or remark made by someone else. This expression, which implies that the speaker has laughed so hard to the extent that his or her diaphragm is in pain, can also be used in conjunction with LOL and interchangeably with "What is Air?," a similar phrase indicating that one has laughed so hard that the speaker lost his or her breath.

Origin

As early as 1996, the phrase “laughing ’til my sides hurt” (LTMSH) was included on a list of internet acronyms.[1] By October 27th, 2000, “my sides” had begun to appear in comments to express how hard someone laughed at a post, as seen in the comments section of a blog post listing 50 ways to get kicked out of a mall (shown below).[2]


Date: 10/26/2000 10:03:00 PM From Authorid: 14314 LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO. Sooooooooooooo funny, I loved this. God bless. CissyoPe Date: 10/26/2000 11:17:00 PM From Authorid: 14464 LMAO!! I loved these they were helarious. Please if you can send all of them to me through e-mail my addy is (sexagesim@hotmail.com) thanx. Date: 10/27/2000 12:33:00 PM From Authorid; 14254 p Moo Date: 10/27/2000 3:40:00 PM From Authorid: 17115 Stop...no more.my sides are killing m..LMAO!-Midnight R o 2 R Date: 11/12/2000 9:11:00 AM From Authorid: 19908 üi Date: 11/202000 2:42:00 PM I had a really bad day today and your story made me laugh. Date: 2/4/2001 12:06:00 PM From Authorid :22721 LMAO. That is funny! DesertLotus

Spread

Throughout the early 2000s, the phrase appeared on Usenet newsgroups[3] and a number of message boards including counterculture forum Bombshock[4], Tolkien fan forum Council of Elrond[5], the Jehovahs Witness forums[6] and gaming forum Terra Arcanum.[7] As early as February 2008, the phrase was used on a number of boards throughout 4chan.[8] In 2011, the phrase began appearing on the CNET forums.[9] In October 2012, “my sides” was first defined on Urban Dictionary[10] (shown below) and a Facebook fan page[11]titled “Oh My Sides” was launched to curate humorous image macros.


1. MY SIDES An exclamation of the pain one's sides are experiencing as a result of laughing so hard "Justin Bieber is the best singer ever" "HAHAHAHA MY SIDES" buy my sides mugs & shirts my sides hurt from laughing rofl Imao swa mcswaggerson jocks on haters dunk by Swag McSwaggerson Oct 23, 2012 add a video

Throughout 2012 and early 2013, “my sides” was mentioned on several online gaming discussion forums including the League of Legends community[12], UO Gamers[13] and Hydrocity Gaming,[14] while also being used as a caption or title for humorous content on 9gag[15], Imgur[16] and FunnyJunk.[17] On Tumblr, the phrases “my sides”[18] and “oh god my sides”[19] are often used as tag keywords on humorous posts.

Notable Examples


MY SIDES ARE IN ORBIT memegenerator.net MYSIDES MY SIDES
HAHAHA OH GOD MAH IMMIES Tneiniegeneraor.rit OH GOD MY SIDES OH GOD MAHDRILLS

My Sides Are In Orbit

"My Sides are In Orbit" is an derivative version of the phrase used to note an extreme or intense response to something funny. It began appearing as early as August 2012 on 4chan, with its earliest archived use in response to a now-deleted YouTube video on /sp/[20] (Sports, shown below) on August 28th. The phrase continued to be used on other 4chan boards throughout late 2012 including /fit/[21] (Fitness), /mlp/[22] (My Little Pony) and /m/[23] (Mecha).


Anonymous Tue Aug 28 2012 16:44:40 No.25091749 View Reply Original Report http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INBcpcjkJY My sides are in orbit. Anonymous Tue Aug 28 2012 16:48:30 No.25091852 Report >ameridumbs 34 kB, 400x308, right to be fat american.ipg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO 1343380982054.jpg, 39 kB, 472x472 Anonymous Tue Aug 28 2012 16:51:21 No.25091924 Report >ameridubs

By November 2012, the phrase began to appear outside of 4chan, and was used in the comments of FunnyJunk.[24] That December, the phrase "My Sides Are In Orbit" was used as the title of a thread dedicated to humorous videos on the OTRepository[26] forums. It began appearing on Reddit[26] by February 2013, where it has been used more than 500 times as of September 2013.[27] In June 2013, a Yahoo! Answers[28] user asked for a explanation of the phrase, where the top comment defined it as violent laughter that results in "the sides (ribs, etc.) reach[ing] escape velocity and achiev[ing] orbit." "My sides are in orbit" is also a popular tag on Tumblr[29] as commentary on humorous posts.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Roshan's Humour List – Computer Acronyms

[2] Unsolved Mysteries – 50 ways to get kicked out of the mall (hilarious must read)

[3] Google Groups Archive – uk.media.dvd: Stop it….my sides are killing me!!!!

[4] Bombshock – thermite trouble

[5] Council of Elrond – Bad FOTR Captions

[6] Jehovahs-Witness – post your valentine greetings here!!

[7] Terra Arcanum – Forget about guard dogs! Pigs are better!

[8] Foolz Archive – Search results for "my sides"

[9] Cnet Forums – Speakeasy forum: Oh Lord my sides still hurt….lol.

[10] Urban Dictionary – MY SIDES

[11] Facebook – Oh My Sides

[12] League of Legends Community – Oh god my sides.

[13] UOGamers – My God…My Sides…

[14] Hydrocity Gaming – Oh god my sides

[15] 9gag – Search results for "my sides"

[16] Imgur – Search results for "my sides"

[17] FunnyJunk – Search results for "my sides"

[18] Tumblr – Posts tagged "my sides"

[19] Tumblr – Posts tagged "oh god my sides"

[20] Foolz Archive – /sp/: My sides are in orbit.

[21] 4chandata – /fit/: why am i shitting globs of orange oil?

[22] Heinessen Archive – /mlp/: my sides are in orbit.

[23] 4chandata – /m/: Someone said this. This is a serious post. My sides are in orbit.

[24] FunnyJunk – my sides are in orbit

[25] OTRepository – My sides are in orbit

[26] Reddit – /r/mylittleandysonic1: My sides are in orbit

[27] Reddit – Search Results for "my sides are in orbit"

[28] Yahoo! Answers – What does my sides are in orbit mean?

[29] Tumblr – Posts Tagged "my sides are in orbit"

Recent Videos 1 total

Recent Images 40 total


Top Comments


+ Add a Comment

Comments (22)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Howdy! You must login or signup first!