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Why is the slang term for gonorrhea "the clap?"?

Why is the slang term for gonorrhea "the clap?"?

Because guys have symptoms that can include a burning sensation when urinating, or a white, yellow, or green discharge from the penis.
the slang term comes from the notion that people could "clap"/ hold their penis because it hurt.

**Sometimes men with gonorrhea can also have painful or swollen testicles.

They used to have to clear pus out of the penis by clapping both sides of the shaft at once.

Cause when your happy and ya know it..........

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