BONER

blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo

(noun) an embarrassing mistake

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

boner (plural boners)

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

(literally) One who or that which bones (removes bones).

(dated slang, especially, baseball) A blunder; a silly mistake. [from early 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (slang, erect penis): erection, hard-on, stiffy

• (one that removes bones): deboner

• (mistake): blooper, blunder

Anagrams

• Breon, Ebron, borne

Proper noun

Boner (plural Boners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Boner is the 14155th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2122 individuals. Boner is most common among White (87.94%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Breon, Ebron, borne

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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