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Noun: boner  bow-nu(r)
Usage: informal
  1. [N. Amer, informal] An embarrassing mistake
    "The boner in scheduling resulted in double-booked meeting rooms";
    - blunder, blooper [N. Amer, informal], bloomer [informal], bungle, pratfall [informal], foul-up [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], botch, boo-boo [informal], boob [Brit, informal], goof [informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  2. [vulgar] An erect penis
    "He awkwardly tried to hide his boner as he stood up";
    - erection

Derived forms: boners

Type of: error, fault, member, mistake, penis, phallus

Encyclopedia: Boner, Brian