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HTML

<span class=clickety>click</span>

CSS

.state {
  background-color: red;
}

JavaScript

$.event.special.click = {
	add: function(options) {
  	var handler = options.handler;
  		options.handler = function(e) {
				$(this).toggleClass('state');

      	return handler.apply(this, arguments);
      }
  }
}

$('.clickety').on('click', function(e) {
	console.log('clicked');
});