laughed my head off.

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keannu

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Is "crack up" similar to "laugh one'e head off"? What other similiar expressions do you have?

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W:Shane, did you see Sunday Special on TV last night? I laughed my head off.
M : No, I missed it. I waited all day, but my sister changed the channel.
 

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It cracked me up.

I fell about laughing.

I laughed till I cried.

I nearly died laughing.
 

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"Cracking up" means "to break into laughter and continue that way. "Laughing my head off" suggests raucous, uncontrollable laughter which goes on for an extended period of time.

I laughed my head off.
I nearly died laughing.
My sides almost split.
I laughed my a*s off. (AmE vulgar)
I laughed my t*ts off. (BrE vulgar)
I was crying with laughter.

One of my favourite jokes when I was five:

Q: What goes "Ha ha, bonk"?
Response: I don't know. What goes "Ha ha, bonk"?
A: A man laughing his head off.

Trust me, when I was five, that cracked me up!
 

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Don't forget the internet/text acronym "ROFL" - rolling on the floor laughing.
 

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"I pissed myself laughing."
 

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The vulgar AmE one also has an internet acronym - LMAO.

You will also hear "I [nearly] wet myself laughing."
 

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One of my favourite jokes when I was five:

Q: What goes "Ha ha, bonk"?
Response: I don't know. What goes "Ha ha, bonk"?
A: A man laughing his head off.

Trust me, when I was five, that cracked me up!

Mine was:

Q What goes '99 bonk'?
A A centipede with a wooden leg.

Less to the point than yours! ;-)

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