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Make a silly mistake. Though this phrase seems to possess sexual connotations due to a shift in the meaning of the word "boner", [the original] phrase actually has racist origins. From eigozai.com: The expression "to pull a boner" comes from the old American minstrel shows. There was a man in these shows who was called Mr. Bones because he carried two small sticks of bone that he used as an [instrument]. He was asked [questions] by one of the other men in the show, just to get stupid but funny answers. This became known as "pulling boners." But in time, the expression, "to pull a boner," meant something more than getting an answer to make you laugh. It meant a bad blunder a mistake that was costly. And a man who pulled such boners was often described as a "bonehead."
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