Sweden's World Cup hopefuls launched their new slogan ahead of this summer's Fifa Women's World Cup in Canada in a video clip on Tuesday, using the hash tag #klappaförsverige and its rather unfortunate translation #clapforsweden.

Now, we promise that the slogan is perfectly innocent in Swedish, simply urging fans to, ahem, applaud the Swedish team. But most Swedes are well versed in their English slang ('clap' also means gonorrhea) and the video clip quickly went viral.

“I wonder who thought of this hashtag? Google what clap means in English…” wrote Gothenburg-based journalist Johan Rylander on Twitter.

Undrar vem som kom på den här hashtaggen? Googla vad clap står för på engelska … #twittboll #clapforsweden pic.twitter.com/1bk0l7P1xt

— Johan Rylander (@rylanderjohan) May 26, 2015

Unfortunate hashtag when translated to English… Nevertheless, wish the team well for the #WorldCup. #clapforsweden https://t.co/gHQsKn40Qv

— Adam Waller (@FRfotbollAdam) May 26, 2015

And Daniel Ahonen, a football player for Swedish club IK Sirius, tweeted: “Clap quickly translated means gonorrhoea. The hashtag #ClapforSweden is pretty funny. Good PR people over at the ladies' side!”

Clap snabbt översatt betyder Gonorré. Hashtaggen #ClapforSweden blir ganska humoristisk. Bra PR-folk hos damerna! https://t.co/eGXQCuqnex

— Daniel Ahonen (@AhonenDaniel) May 26, 2015

Gonorrhoea is one of Sweden's most common sexually transmitted diseases, and has been on the rise for years. Last year, 1,336 people contracted the STD, compared to 1,113 in 2013 and 1,097 the year before that. A decade ago, in 2005, only 691 people had gonorrhoea, according to Sweden's Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten).

The Swedish Football Association's communications director, Niklas Bodell, admitted there had been some “embarrassed laughs” in the office over the incident and said they would tweak the translation to something a little more child-friendly.

“To avoid potential risks of misunderstanding we'll have to stop using this translation. But how we change it is up to the Swedish team,” he told the Expressen tabloid.

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Sweden kicks off the Fifa Women's World Cup against Nigeria on June 8th and is expected to face tough competition from the United States and Germany — the favourites to win — as the tournament progresses.

Earlier this year, Swedish coach Pia Sundhage told The Local that Sweden had a fair chance of taking home the cup.

“The central line and the goalkeeper are important, if we can get ourselves together there we can go far. Caroline Seger, Lotta Schelin and Nilla Fischer are three world players who can inspire others to play well too,” she said.