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The phrase "a boner" is correct and usable in written English, though it is informal and can be considered vulgar.
It is typically used in a colloquial context to refer to an erection or, in slang, to describe a mistake or blunder.
Example: "He got a boner during the presentation when he accidentally mixed up the slides."
Alternatives: "an erection" or "a mistake".
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The blast seemed to have a boner for fusion, respected no kind of boundaries.
My father raised his eyebrows at the title Gary's Got a Boner but still shelled out.
A journeyman earns about $75 a week, a boner in a wholesale house upwards of $125.
Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one's forehead.
("What a boner killer!") And is he confident that he's real and she fictional – or might it be vice versa?
You really pulled a boner in your recent article on "Swords," in which you stated that "it has, of course, been years and years since….
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Femininity is weakness, is undesirable, is a boner-killer if there ever was one.
Judge for yourself, from Imus' own description of Kurtz as a "boner-nosed... beanie-wearing Jewboy".
And it was a boner-free evening, at least from where I was sitting.
Famously, Viagra was never intended solely as a boner-boosting drug.
If you're doing a good job when grinding, and dancing with a guy, he might get a boner/get excited.
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