Meaning of blue balls | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache.
   plural, plural-only, slang
2. Unfulfilled sexual desire.
   figuratively, plural, plural-only, slang
3. Buboes (in a person of any sex) caused by a sexually transmitted infection; the infection that causes them.
   US, dated, plural, plural-only, slang

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Examples

“[...] away the flesh and cause ulcers and buboes (blue balls).”

“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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