let the door hit you where the good Lord split you

Meaning

Phrase

• A command that another person leave, thereby impliedly having the door hit them on the buttocks as they pass through it.

Origin

• Described as early as 1977 as black American slang constituting a "nasty command to leave, euphemism of 'split you' avoiding profanity." The phrase "where the good Lord split you" describes the crease of the buttocks.