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Gonorrhoea-Clap

From Jerry Kennard, About.com GuideApril 14, 2005

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease commonly called 'the clap'. Clap is derived from the obsolete French word clapoir meaning sexual sore. This probably comes from the old French word clapier meaning brothel.
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