What’s the meaning of capo = cheerleader?
He noticed that the demi-official USA national soccer team “supporter’s group” has a name for the folks who lead their section of the stands in chants/cheers; a word I’d never seen used for that before: “Capo”.
What exactly is this word? I am curious if this is just something they came up with on their own? Are there any idioms to do this?
The proper English word for this role probably really ought to be “cheerleader”. Although that was possibly what most cheerleaders did in the 1920’s, nowadays cheerleaders are as commonly ignored and glorified dance/gymnastic troupes. So I suppose I can see where a new word for the actual act of leading the fans would be required. Is this that word, or just American outlaws’ attempt at it?
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CAP is the head of the mafia: Wikipedia’s article about Capoe. See Wikipedia’s article about Caporegime. See Wikipedia’s article about Caperegime.
At the heads of section, where we feel it’s used for the head
of a section.
Capo is an Italian word which predecessingly means head, anatomically speaking. Consequently, a director, manager, president, chief or even the boss of a company can all be called capo.
What can a Capo make IMO and
why? :
Direct the entire crowd into unified support of the team.
What are the best motivators for a capo that will last for 90+ minutes? suffice for the crowd to lead the section for the whole game and for every game.
In football, when talking about the head or leader of a sports team, a military squad or a group of workers, caposquadra is the most used word. I suspect it is these expressions, more than the “capo” itself which has been loaned to the soccer team supporters’ group.
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little Italian research confirmed that “Capo” is indeed the Italian football supporter responsible for co-ordinating the chants, football songs, and cheers of encouragement. Update He is recognized as the leader of the Ultras ( Italian here). “armed” with a loud-hailer the capo is assisted by several colleagues to help sustain the level of support.
Capo is an Italian word which predecessingly means head, anatomically speaking. Consequently, a director, manager, president, chief or even the boss of a company can all be called capo.
What can a Capo make IMO and
why? :
Direct the entire crowd into unified support of the team.
What are the best motivators for a capo that will last for 90+ minutes? suffice for the crowd to lead the section for the whole game and for every game.
In football, when talking about the head or leader of a sports team, a military squad or a group of workers, caposquadra is the most used word. I suspect it is these expressions, more than the “capo” itself which has been loaned to the soccer team supporters’ group.
A
little Italian research confirmed that “Capo” is indeed the Italian football supporter responsible for co-ordinating the chants, football songs, and cheers of encouragement. Update He is recognized as the leader of the Ultras ( Italian here). “armed” with a loud-hailer the capo is assisted by several colleagues to help sustain the level of support.
