blue balls
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See also: blue-balls
English
Etymology
US English, 1910s, blue + balls (“testicles”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (slang) A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache.
- (slang, figuratively) Unfulfilled sexual desire.
- (US, dated, slang) Buboes (in a person of any sex) caused by a sexually transmitted infection; the infection that causes them.
- 1960, Laman Alexander Gray, A Text Book of Gynecology, page 47:
- It invades lymphatics, is carried to the inguinal lymph nodes, where multiple abscesses, buboes, or "blue balls" appear. A brawny edema of the labia, with deeply penetrating destructive ulcers may occur in the late stages.
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Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “blue balls n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang