Tipp! Tipp!" is particularly effective Croke Park on big days. We have always been of the opinion that the single-syllable chant works best. Mind you, one Kilkenny fan has suggested that "Tipp ...

or "Let's go Mets!" (The clapping on that one is on each syllable, usually in increasing tempo.) But how did the elegant fervor of "U-S-A" become the go-to chant for repelling political disagreement?