The story
- Spanish · borrowed frombalconing
- English todaybalconing
Borrowed from Spanish balconing, a pseudo-anglicism derived 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.