a phrase used by a mother describing a medical problem with her underdeveloped 9 year old son, in a phone conversation with her sister. To avoid being explicit about which of her sons she's describing, she uses the word "ying" which is a contraction of "yingele", a Yiddish word meaning "young one."
However "little pitchers have big ears" or "weird scrotums" and both boys overheard and knew.
However "little pitchers have big ears" or "weird scrotums" and both boys overheard and knew.
"...and so the doctor looked at the "scrotum of the ying" and...."
by Trudy Steger September 10, 2007