boner
nounUK /ˈbəʊ.nə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈboʊ.nɚ/
Etymology From bone + -er.
- Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on."1973, Sol Gordon, Facts about sex for today's youth, →ISBN, page 20:
- Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?
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Figuratively, Slang, Vulgar An often perverse sense of enjoyment from or predilection towards something.
- Why do politicians have such a boner for meaningless memorials?
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One who or that which removes bones.
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Dated, Especially, Slang A blunder; a silly mistake.
- He really pulled a boner that time!
- SO! THEY LAUGH AT MY BONER, WILL THEY?? I'LL SHOW THEM! I'LL SHOW THEM HOW MANY BONERS THE JOKER CAN MAKE!1951 August 23, Bill Finger, “The Joker's Comedy of Errors!”, in Batman, volume 1, number 66, Burbank, California: DC Comics, panel 1, page 5:
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Humorous A trombonist
- Derived terms
- bonerific, bonerism, boneritis, boner-killer, boner pill, boner-shrinker, euphoria boner, hate-boner, ladyboner, perma-boner, permaboner, rage boner, semiboner
- Related terms
- boned