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[โ€“] OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I half remember being told this originally came from bonehead. so like a bonehead would make a mistake like that. which then got shortened to boner.

[โ€“] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

there was an 80s kids show where one of the characters was literally named boner lolllll