up the yin-yang

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 1976

And it was already in use sixteen years earlier, when I first heard
it. My impression is that I first heard it in 1960 not because it was
new, but because I hadn't had sufficient social interaction with
college-grade white guys before that year. I don't think that the
phrase ever gained any traction among blacks. But, of course,

Youneverknow.

I recall "up the ying-yang" as the catchphrase of a former
barracksmate who retired a few years ago from the U of Chi as Deputy
Dean of Students and Dean of Services.

That was Ed Turkington, all 6'8" of him, if there are any U of Chi
readers wondering who I mean.

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-Wilson
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