balconingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Spanish balconing, itself a pseudo-anglicism from Spanish balcón (“balcony”, noun) +‎ -ing (suffix).

This pseudo-anglicism was coined in Spain as a result of many drunk British tourists dying or seriously injuring themselves by attempting this stunt, thus featuring in many media headlines. See the Wikipedia article for more information.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbælkənɪŋ/, (or emulating Spanish) /bælˈkoʊnɪŋ/
• ハイフネーション: bal‧con‧ing

名詞

balconing (uncountable)

1. The act of jumping between the balconies of two hotel rooms; especially of tourists in Spain.
   • 2015 June 5, Hugh Morris, “Magaluf to fine tourists who get naked in the street: The Spanish resort is clamping down on anti-social behaviour to clean up its image”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, archived from the original on 23 June 2015:

     Drunken revellers planning to over-indulge in Magaluf this summer face fines of up to €3,000 for urinating, being naked in the street or “balconing”, the craze of jumping from hotel balconies. New rules which come into force next week are part of a clampdown on the type of behaviour that has led to the Spanish resort being associated with debauchery tourism.

2. The act of jumping from a balcony towards a swimming pool.
   • 2013 September 2, “Man dies ‘balconing’ at Majorca hotel”, in Sky News‎, archived from the original on 4 November 2014:

     A man in his 20s has died in a fall from his hotel room balcony in the resort of Magaluf, Majorca. The young man fell through the cracks of a balcony in the early hours of Monday while allegedly practising what is known as “balconing” – which involves jumping from balcony to balcony, or into a pool from a balcony.

   • 2020 January 17, Stephen Burgen, “Balearic islands pass bill targeting boozy Brits abroad”, in The Guardian‎:

     The legislation also seeks to outlaw “balconing”, the practice of jumping into a swimming pool from a hotel balcony that kills several people each year. In future, hotels will have to evict anyone practising balconing or encouraging others to do so.

Further reading

• balconing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• blancoing