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Hackett developed a super-stretchy elastic bungee cord in the mid 1980s and demonstrated its use by throwing himself off the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1987

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No, the compound noun 'bungy jumping' or 'bungee jumping' is a common noun, a word for any bungy jumping of any kind, anywhere.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Taupo Bungy NZ, Taupo, NZAJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand, Queenstown, NZBungee Adventures, Sacramento, CAUK Bungee Club, Rotherham, UKEUROBUNGY (supplier), Miami, FL


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Which Auckland overpass has been equipped for bungy jumping?

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