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Traffic boners are on the way out!, October 2, 1939 (infosec.pub)

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[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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 2 points 1 day 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.