boner
pronunciation
How to pronounce boner in British English:
UK [ˈbəʊnə(r)]
How to pronounce boner in American English:
US [ˈboʊnə(r)]
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- Noun:
- an embarrassing mistake
Word Origin
- boner (n.)
- "blunder," 1912, baseball slang, probably from bonehead. Meaning "erect penis" is 1950s, from earlier bone-on (1940s), probably a variation (with connecting notion of "hardness") of hard-on (1893).
Example
- 1. I really pulled a boner at work today .
- 2. I think he had a boner for what he did , you know ?
- 3. When you 're paying full price for your boner pills .
- 4. You got a boner ?
- 5. Nice boner , want me to get rid of it ?