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bon⋅er

1  [boh-ner]
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–noun
a person or thing that bones.
Origin:
1895–1900; bone1 + -er 1

bon⋅er

2  [boh-ner]
–noun
a foolish and obvious blunder; stupid mistake.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; bone(head) + -er 1
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bon·er 1   (bō'nər)   
n.   Informal
A blunder or an error.

[bone(head) + -er1.]
bon·er 2   (bō'nər)   
n.   Vulgar Slang
An erection of the penis.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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boner

  1. n.
    a silly error; a gaffe. (See also pull a boner.) : What a boner! You must be embarrassed.
  2. n.
    and bone. an erection. : He always gets a boner when he doesn't need it and never when he does.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

boner 
"blunder," 1912, baseball slang, probably from bonehead "stupid person" (1908). Meaning "erect penis" is 1950s, from earlier bone-on (1940s), probably a variation (with connection notion of "hardness") of hard-on (1893).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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