drop dead

Verb

drop dead (third-person singular simple present drops dead, present participle dropping dead, simple past and past participle dropped dead)

1. (intransitive) To die suddenly.
   • Stuff your eyes with wonder […]live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.1953, Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
   • Boy, I'm in a bad mood today! Everyone had better steer clear of me! I hate everybody! As far as I'm concerned, everyone on the planet can just drop dead. People are scum.1988 November 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be appalled or mortified.
   • `My parents would drop dead if they knew,' she said.1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 90

Interjection

1. (derogatory, offensive, slang) Used angrily to express disgust, contempt, derision, etc., toward another person.
   • “Whatta ya say, goils? I'll take the botha ya, only later, like, well, you know, like later onea ya can split and go home.”[…]“Drop dead,” Rachel said with a smile.1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, pages 7–8
   • [to Kramer] Are you dense? I said I wanted you to drop dead. Now... drop dead! [slams the door in Kramer's face]1997, Peter Mehlman, David Mandel, “The Betrayal”, in Seinfeld, season 9, episode 8, spoken by Franklin Delano Romanowski (Michael McShane)