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boner

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbəʊ.nə(ɹ)//
  • United States//ˈboʊ.nɚ//

An erect penis.

noun

  1. 1

    slangAn erect penis.

    Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on."

    Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?

  2. 2

    figurativeAn erect penis. An often perverse sense of enjoyment from or predilection towards something.

    Why do politicians have such a boner for meaningless memorials?

  3. 3

    One who or that which removes bones.

  4. 4

    datedA 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!

  5. 5

    A trombonist

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *bainaz Proto-Germanic *bainą Proto-West Germanic *bain Old English bān Middle English bon English bone Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boner From bone + -er.

Forms

plural
boners
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