lit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire (see Larousse)

straitjacket

next to, besides, alongside

joie de vivre, zest for life

unbeknownst to, unbeknown to, without the knowledge of

self-love

New Year's Day

watchlist

fin de siècle

to need