# boner

Pronunciation: US say "BOH-ner" /ˈboʊ.nɚ/; UK/AUS say "BOH-nuh" /ˈbəʊ.nə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A penis in a stiffened, erect state. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A penis that has become hard and stiff.
2. An often perverse enjoyment of, or fondness for, something. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A strong and often strange liking for something.
   - _The new manager has a weird boner for spreadsheets and color-coded charts._
   - _Critics say the network has a boner for reboots of shows nobody asked to see again._
4. A person who removes bones, or a tool or machine used to remove them.
   - Simple: A person, tool, or machine that takes the bones out of meat or fish.
   - _The packing plant hired three more boners to keep up with the holiday ham orders._
   - _An automatic boner pulls the pin bones from each salmon fillet as it moves down the line._

## Noun

3. A foolish blunder or silly mistake, especially one made in baseball. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A silly mistake, especially one made while playing baseball.
   - _The rookie pulled a boner in the ninth inning, forgetting how many outs there were and jogging off the field too early._
   - _The local paper ran a cartoon mocking the rookie's ninth-inning boner, a wild throw that let two runs score._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A humorous name for a trombonist, a musician who plays the trombone.

## Origin

Formed from bone + the suffix -er.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/boner (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).