blue balls
nounEtymology US English, 1910s, blue + balls (“testicles”).
1
Slang A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache.
2
Figuratively, Slang Unfulfilled sexual desire.
3
US, Dated, 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:
- Derived terms
- blue-ball, blue-baller, blue vulva