fracture

An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

A break in bone or cartilage.

A fault or crack in a rock.

To break, or cause something to break.

To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

“You fracture me, Frankie,” Patsy said. “You should take that act on the road. Howsabout now?” This is the way it would go whenever I showed up at Patsy's, a dual of digs and wisecracks with the disapproving groans of those within earshot.