boner definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1899 1. one that bones 2. a clumsy or stupid mistake; also howler 2 3. usually vulgar an erect penis

Merriam Webster's

biographical name see Bonner

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. sl. a stupid mistake. Etymology: BONE + -ER(1)

Moby Thesaurus

bad job, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boo-boo, boob stunt, boot, botch, break, bull, bungle, clumsy performance, dumb trick, error, etourderie, faux, flub, fluff, fool mistake, foozle, foul-up, fumble, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, hash, howler, impropriety, indecorum, lapse, louse-up, mess, miscue, mistake, muck-up, muff, off day, pratfall, sad work, screamer, screw-up, slip, solecism, stumble, trip