blue balls en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
US English, 1910s, blue + balls (“testicles”).
Meanings
- (plural, plural-only, slang) A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache.
- (figuratively, plural, plural-only, slang) Unfulfilled sexual desire.
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(US, dated, plural, plural-only, slang) Buboes (in a person of any sex) caused by a sexually transmitted infection; the infection that causes them.
[...] away the flesh and cause ulcers and buboes (blue balls).
1920, V.D. pamphlet, page 33: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.
1960, Laman Alexander Gray, A Text Book of Gynecology, page 47:
Deriveds
blue-baller · blue vulva · blue-ball
Translations (2)
nb ballespreng (unfulfilled sexual desire) · nb ballespreng (unspecified pain in the testicles and prostate region)