boner
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈboʊnər/
- Archaic
- After realizing his boner, he quickly apologized to the team for the error.
- pull a boner
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Watch on YouTubeCrawford, you would have to send me to every College in America twice to make up for the boner you've made of this festival.
- Crawford, you would have to send me to every College in America twice to make up for the boner you've made of this festival.
Examples
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When a skeptic, like Monckton for instance, pulls a boner, he is called out by many other skeptics.
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Another typographic boner: the Kindle still lacks hyphenation but insists upon fully justified text.
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Crawford, you would have to send me to every College in America twice to make up for the boner you've made of this festival.
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During the presentation, he made a boner by forgetting to include the main points.
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She laughed when she noticed the boner in her essay that changed the whole meaning.
Synonyms
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7.2
A small mistake or little injury described in a childlike way
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3.0
A careless mistake that causes embarrassment or problems
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5.3
A small wrong action that causes embarrassment or harm to people's trust
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6.1
A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment
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A small mistake that is often embarrassing
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6.1
An embarrassing mistake that happens in public or during a show
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A serious or embarrassing mistake that causes problems
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7.7
A serious, embarrassing mistake often caused by confusion or poor planning
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An embarrassing mistake made when someone is careless or nervous
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7.6
An embarrassing mistake that happens because of bad or careless work
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A careless mistake that shows a lack of skill
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An obvious embarrassing mistake that makes people laugh
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8.7
An embarrassing mistake someone makes in public
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An embarrassing mistake that shows you were careless
Compounds
How Embarrassing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boner is old slang for a silly or embarrassing mistake and is probably linked to the insult bonehead ('stupid person'). So a boner is like a 'bonehead' move, a foolish error that leaves you feeling embarrassed.