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▪ I. boner slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈbəʊnə(r)| [f. bone n. + -er; cf. bone-head.] A mistake, a blunder.
1912Amer. Mag. June 200/1 Boner—a stupid play; a blunder in the science of the game. 1913Ibid. Sept. 94/3 Got his signals mixed and pulled a boner. 1933Passing Show 9 Dec. 9/3 Poor Carol... She made a boner to-night... Ronnie was simply livid. 1960Spectator 7 Oct. 509 This Government has made about every boner possible.
▸ slang (orig. U.S.). An erection of the penis. Hence fig.: a strong attraction to or state of excitement about something specified.
1962C. Sigal Going Away 68 The little dog used to raise a boner every time it walked into a room where Rickie was present. 1966R. Fariña Been Down So Long It looks like Up to Me 283 She caught me with a boner, dammit, bound to stick in her memory, get her all screwed up. 1991Village Voice (N.Y.) 26 Feb. 36/3, I had all the access an English major with a boner for rock could hope for. 2001J. Franzen Corrections 269 What gave him the real techno boner, however, was a radio-controlled toy automobile, much advertised on television lately. 2003R. Herring Talking Cock 51 In the caves of Lascaux..some randy troglodyte etched this clearly human figure, with an even clearer boner. ▪ II. boner(e, -eyre variants of bonair a. Obs. |