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boner

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bon·er 1  (bnr)
n. Informal
A blunder or an error.


bon·er 2  (bnr)
n. Vulgar Slang
An erection of the penis.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bonerboner - an embarrassing mistake              
error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"
snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball
fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act
howler - a glaring blunder
clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"
misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
Translations
boner [ˈbəunəʳ] n (US) (col) → plancha, patochada
boner [ˈbəunəʳ] n (US) → gaffe f, bourde f
boner [ˈbəunəʳ] (US) nSchnitzer m
boner [ˈbəunəʳ] n (US) → gaffe f inv


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It's a good thing the residents didn't go for one of the flops Edwards produced, or they'd be living somberly in Funny Boners, N.
Quite apart from avoiding Andersen's abrupt jump into the substance of the story (and eliminating the Devil), Boner cannot help modulating the initial call to attention down to a polite request.
 
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