On the word ‘tombstoning’, over 3 years ago

Among other things, “an extreme sport involving diving off a fixed point such as sea harbour walls, bridges, rocks and cliff faces into water. The sport’s origins can be traced to United Kingdom’s West Country.” Why this merits a particular name — and for that matter, how it can be described as a “sport” — is a bit of a mystery to me. It’s an appropriate name, though, since people keep killing themselves doing it.

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