From LIFE Magazine

  • calliope
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    16 days ago

    More generally, “blunder” or “mistake.”

    There are a lot of old comics that used “boner” in this way. See Joker’s boner as a classic hilarious example.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      16 days ago

      A local radio station has a morning show segment called “boner of the day,” which presents three idiots and the hosts pick one (or maybe a caller, I forget) to “win”. They’re usually people from the news (like Florida man) doing something incredibly dumb or messing up hard.