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up the yin-yang

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
up- the y-in-yang
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of out the wazoo.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

It has been suggested to derive from the meaning of the phrase "up the yin-yang", where "yin-yang", a reference to a circular Taoist symbol, is used euphemistically for the human anus; the suggestion, therefore, is that one has so much of some thing that some of that thing is to be found in one's colon, or otherwise beyond one's anus. The meaning of "up the yin-yang", then, is actually "to an excessive degree".

Usage

Inflected Forms

out the ying yang (alternative) up the yin yang (alternative) up the ying yang (alternative) up the ying-yang (alternative)

Synonyms

out the wazoo

Questions

What does up the yin-yang mean?
Synonym of out the wazoo.
Where does up the yin-yang come from?
It has been suggested to derive from the meaning of the phrase "up the yin-yang", where "yin-yang", a reference to a circular Taoist symbol, is used euphemistically for the human anus; the suggestion, therefore, is that one has so much of some thing that some of that thing is to be found in one's colon, or otherwise beyond one's anus. The meaning of "up the yin-yang", then, is actually "to an excessive degree".

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