The act of putting your desire to have sexual interaction with someone over top of survival instinct. This can manifest in both genders as undertaking extremely dangerous, stupid or embarrassing acts.
Regularly seen in cinema where characters either do something illogical in order to impress another character or two characters ignore the dangers around them to have a romantic moment.
Person 1: "Dude, why did he run back into the collapsing building he just escaped from?
Person 2: "Hot chick is still inside. The Power of boners"
The act in which an erect penis detatches itself and forms arms, teeth, feet, and a tail. It then tends to rampage across cities endlessly. The only cure, find a boner-shrinking image; such as Paris Hilton
Tom: Oh my god, is that set of boobs glowing?! I think im getting a boner!!! OH NO! WATCH OUT!