boner-killer

English

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊnɚˌkɪlɚ/
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Noun

boner-killer (plural boner-killers)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Something that causes loss of libido and thus of an erection.
    • 2014, Mira Jacob, The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing‎[1], A&C Black, →ISBN:
      “And honestly? I don't want to talk about this with you. Not now. This is like the biggest boner killer I could think of.”
    • 2018, Melissa Foster, Driving Whiskey Wild, World Literary Press, →ISBN:
      Now, take off that boner killer bathrobe and let's see if we can find an outfit that might incite some boob-touching action.
    • 2023, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Silver Nitrate‎[2], Hachette, →ISBN:
      Her hair was wrapped in a towel, and she wore blue plastic slippers, as if she were an old lady. […] Check out the boner killer outfit, that's what he would have said any other morning.
  2. (slang, vulgar, by extension, derogatory) An unappealing person or situation.
    That was a pretty sweet movie, but the ending was a real boner-killer.
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