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boner

 
Dictionary: bon·er1   ('nər) pronunciation
n. Informal
A blunder or an error.

[BONE(HEAD) + -ER1.]


bon·er2 ('nər) pronunciation
n. Vulgar Slang
An erection of the penis.


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Thesaurus: boner
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noun

    A stupid, clumsy mistake: blunder, bull, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble. Informal blooper. Slang bloomer, goof. See correct/incorrect.

Wikipedia: Boner
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Boner may refer to:

  • A blooper, a small mistake having an amusing effect
  • A blunder, a spectacularly bad or embarrassing mistake
  • A boning knife, a narrow knife for removing bones from meat, poultry or fish
  • A United States Department of Agriculture carcass grade for slaughter cattle
  • Boner Stabone, a recurring character on the TV series Growing Pains
  • Boner Records, a California based independent label
  • Boner family, a family of wealthy Polish merchants of German origin
  • Boner's Ark, a comic strip about a sailing ship filled with animals
  • an informal nickname for people whose names are pronounced or spelled similarly (ex: Bonner, Boehner, Donner, Barone)
  • The Boner Awards feature on Radio From Hell, a morning radio show on Salt Lake City-based X96
  • John Henry Boner, a North Carolina poet

Boner is also a slang term for:


Translations: Boner
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brøler, bommert

Nederlands (Dutch)
blunder

Français (French)
n. - (US) gaffe, bourde

Deutsch (German)
n. - grober Schnitzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σοβαρή γκάφα

Italiano (Italian)
gaffe, erezione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rata (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
промах

Español (Spanish)
n. - patochada, disparate

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blunder, jättetabbe

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
愚蠢造成的大错

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 愚蠢造成的大錯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어처구니 없는 실수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 骨張り工, 劣等食肉用の動物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غلطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טעות גסה, זיקפה‬


 
 
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