boner
/ˈbəʊnə
/noun
1North American informal A stupid mistake.The Consumerist will highlight the persistent, shameless boners of modern consumerism - and the latest hot deals, discounts, and freebies around....
- The Times corrections culture seems to revel in correcting every misspelling, transposed digit, historical inaccuracy, and boner.
- They were there to trap me into some kind of boner.
2North American vulgar slang An erection of the penis.
3NZ A low-grade farm animal, with meat only suitable for use in sausages or other processed products.
Phrases
pull a boner
Origin
Early 20th century: from bone or (in sense 1) from bonehead, + -er1.