Can You Break a Boner?

The term boner is a slang term that refers to the penis becoming larger and hard when blood flows into it when someone is sexually aroused causing it to become erect. The accurate term for this is called an erection and during puberty erections can happen spontaneously too, meaning for no reason at all. While some animals, have a ‘penis bone’, there isn’t a bone in the human penis. While no one is certain where the term boner comes from, but we do know for sure that humans do not have a bone in their penis. Therefore, you cannot break it. [AA-014]

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