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HTML
<span class="oldClass">menu 1</span>.
<span class="oldClass">menu 2</span>.
<span class="oldClass">menu 3</span>.
<span class="oldClass">menu 4</span>.
<span class="oldClass">menu 5</span>
CSS
.newClass{color: red}
.oldClass {color:black}
.oldClass:hover {color:blue;}
JavaScript
$('span').click(function(){
$('.newClass').removeClass('newClass').addClass('oldClass');
$(this).removeClass('oldClass').addClass('newClass');
});