boner
noun/ˈbəʊnə(r)/
/ˈbəʊnər/
(North American English, informal)- (taboo) an erection of the penis
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- an embarrassing mistake
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from bone or (in sense (2)) from bonehead, + -er.
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