boner (ˈbəʊnə)

—n
1.	slang a blunder
2.	slang an erection of the penis
3.	(NZ) a low-grade slaughtered animal suitable for use in pies, sausages, etc

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Word Origin & History

boner

"blunder," 1912, baseball slang, probably from bonehead. Meaning "erect penis" is 1950s, from earlier bone-on (1940s), probably a variation (with connection notion of "hardness") of hard-on (1893).

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boner definition

n.
a silly error; a gaffe. (See also pull a boner.) : What a boner! You must be embarrassed.
n.
and bone. an erection. : He always gets a boner when he doesn't need it and never when he does.

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