Concept information
Preferred term
bungee jumping
Definition
- Bungee (or sometimes bungy) jumping is the first and probably the best-known of the 20th century's extreme sports—so ubiquitous that it has become a standard metaphor for risky behavior, like rocket science for intellectual challenge or sliced bread for great ideas. This high-wire game of chicken was inspired by a Polynesian rite of passage called the N'gol, practiced on Penticost Island in the Vanuatu archipelago. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Bungee Jumping]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/bungee_jumping
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