The REAL Origins & Meanings Of The "Brrr! It's Cold In Here" Cheerleader Cheer (Updated 2024 version)

Posted by flaco258 — January 14, 2009

ESTE ES EL VIDEO DE TRIUNFOS ROBADOS DONDE LOS TOROS LE ROBAN LA PORRA A LOS CLOVERS
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Translated from Spanish to standard English = "This is the video in which the Toros do the chant that they stole from the Clovers.
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Note that a very brief sample of the rhyme/cheer "U-G-L-Y" is heard before the featured cheer begins. That clip of a high school cheerleader cheer is from the 1986 movie Wildcats.  

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the cheerleader cheer "Brrr It's Cold In Here".

Part I provides information about the origins of "Brrr It's Cold In Here", including information about the 2000 American cheerleader movie Bring It On. 

This post is divided into two parts.

Part A of this post showcases a video of that cheer from the "Bring It On" movie and presents an overview of the "Bring It On" cheerleader movie series. Part A also presents the lyrics for the "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer and presents some explanations and sources for some of the lyrics for that cheer.

Part B of this post showcases some YouTube videos of what I believe are key African American sources for the "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/text-examples-videos-of-childrens.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II features selected text examples of "Brrr! It's Cold In Here"as well as videos of children and teenagers performing versions of that cheer.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and all those who are featured in this embedded video. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Most of the content of this post is reformatted from a still existing 2012 pancocojams post. That post was reformatted in 2020, but I deleted that version and replaced it with this 2024 version.

Neither the 2012 version nor the 2020 version of those posts have/had any comments.

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PART A

GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT THE "BRR IT'S COLD IN HERE" CHEERLEADER CHEER
"Brr It's Cold In Here" is a cheerleader cheer that is composed in the tradition of African American group bragging cheerleader cheers and other bragging African American cheers and chants. The way that "Brr It's Cold In Here" is performed in the 2000 Bring It On movie partly mimics the ways the stomping and hip shaking movements of stomp nd shake cheerleading.

Because I haven't come across any examples of "Brr It's Cold In Here" before this 2000 movie, I believe that it's very likely that that cheer was composed for that movie.   

One of the central themes of that first Bring It On movie was that the mostly White suburban cheerleading squad ripped off (stole) the words to "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer and other cheers in their repertoire from the mostly Black urban cheerleading squad.

Although I haven't found any examples of "Brr It's Cold In Here" that predate that first Bring It On movie, I have come across examples of some other cheers in that movie or in other Bring It On movies from African American culture that predate those movies. Two examples are "Cheerleader/Roll Call", "Introduce Yourself", and "Shabooya Roll Call". 

Click https://cocojams2.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-influence-of-bring-it-on-movies-on.html for a cocojams2 post entitled "The Influence Of "Bring It On" Movies On Children's Cheerleading."
  
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE ABOUT THE BRING IT ON CHEERLEADER MOVIES SERIES

The five Bring It On cheerleader movies (from 2000-2009) have been highly influential in popularizing forms of African American dance style cheerleader cheers in the United States and elsewhere around the world. This is not to say that the routines that are performed by the White cheerleaders in those movies are the same as those performed by real African American cheerleader squads. They aren't. Even the movements to the very popular "Shabooya Roll Call" (which are performed by two African American and one Latina cheerleaders in the 2006 movie Bring It On-All Or Nothing) are exaggerated, and therefore are "fake Black". However, even though some of their movements are exagerrated, these routines, the words, and the confrontational, self-confident, "I'm cool" attitude with which this cheer, and other urban dance style cheerleader cheers are performed, are patterned after African American cheerleader cheers, and chants from other African American traditions such as drillt team movements, foot stomping cheers and historically Black Greek letter fraternity and sorority stepping.

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LYRICS FOR "BRR IT'S COLD IN HERE

"Ready girls?"
I said brr it’s cold in here
I said there must be Toros in the atmosphere
I said brr it’s cold in here
I said there must be Toros in the atmosphere
I said OEOEO ice ice ice
I said OEOEO ice ice ice

"Do your thing Isis!"
I said brr it’s cold in here
There must be some Clovers in the atmosphere
I said brr it’s cold in here
There must be some Clovers in the atmosphere
I said OEOEO ice ice ice
Slow it down
OEOEO ice ice ice
Here we go"

Source: Bring It On Cheers http://victory-star04.tripod.com/bringiton.html
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The captain of the cheer team (whose name is Isis in that movie) elongated the word "said" when she chants the line "Brr it's cold in here" for the first time. After that, the entire squad chants in unison until one member of the squad says "Do you thing, Isis!". That line isn't part of the chant.

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WHAT THE WORD "BRR" MEANS IN THAT CHEER

"Brr" is an English language interjection that signifies shivering because of the cold weather or because something you touched is cold (such as a block of ice.)  When the word "brr" is spoken, people may hug their bodies and imitate shivering.

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WHAT "COLD" AND "ICE" MEAN IN THE "BRR IT 'S COLD IN HERE" CHEER
The words "cold" and "ice" in the "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer means thatthe team exudes "coldness"- they are :determined", unwavering", steadfast, fixed, serious, resolute, "on point", "hard", unemotional, and heartless when it comes to their cheer performances. According to that cheer, those cheerleaders carry these "cold" and "ice" (i.e. "ice cold") attitudes and personas with them so much so that even before they are seen, people feel their vibes and think or say out loud "Brr, it's cold in here. There must be some Clovers in the atmosphere" (meaning The Clovers are "in the house".

I believe that this vernacular definition of "cold" and "ice cold" is patterned after the use of those words in the culture and pledging chants of the first historically Black Greek letter (university based) social fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc.

The word "cold" and the word "ice cold" can have several meanings at the same time for men who are pledging Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and for men who are already members of that fraternity.

-"Cold" and "ice cold" refers to the cold day on December 4, 1906 when Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was founded at Cornell University, New York.

-"Cold" and "ice cold" refers to being "determined", unwavering", steadfast, fixed, serious, resolute etc. on being a member of that fraternity, and living up to the fraternity's  mission and ideals.

-The word "cold" is the highest form of "cool" (awesome, great, wonderful etc).

-The word "cold” can also mean being unemotional (showing no emotion) or heartless.
I don’t think that’s what that word "cold" means in those cheers and chants, except that being emotionless may be a strategy to achieve the desired condition of being resolute (determined) to reach one’s goal of being a member of that fraternity

Except for the first meaning of it being cold when that fraternity was founded, the same meanings for "cold" can apply to the "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheerleader cheers and the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity chants and motifs.

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Here's an example of a positive vernacular definition of the word "cold" from a YouTube discussion thread about a step team performance in a December 1988 episode of the television series "A Different World". (That television series was about the relationship of African American students on the campus of a fictional Historical Black College and University (HBCU).

@NaturallyKoilyKuteness78, 2017
"This scene still gives me the chills. Those sistas were cold back then and now."
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My interpretation of that comment is that the Black women in that scene were awesome because they were so "on point" (unwavering in their focus on what they were doing and/or who they are as a member of that cheerleading squad and who they are period.

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For the cultural record, it should be noted that television depictions of stepping on several African American television series in the 1990s were largely directed (if not performed) by one or more actual members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Here's a comment that was published in the discussion thread for a video of a stepping performance in the Fresh Prince television series in which the step team chanted "Ice cold" while they do that step routine. ("Ice cold" is a signature statement and chant for that historically Black Greek letter fraternity.)

@bigbruhdocg4028, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a5A9h5MZlM
"This is my 1st time seeing this post on you tube after all these years but im the 1st guy vernon and yes in the 90's we did most of the black shows "a different world", I choreographed the movie house party 2 , arsenio, hall, yes sister sister and the list goes on. those are my fraternity brothers we are from alpha phi alpha  fraternity inc. i will be posting more footage soon!"
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This comment was written in response to several previous comments about him being cast as a fraternity stepper in several television series in the 1990s.  

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For the cultural record, it should be also be noted that in African American English, something or someone "being cold" and "being hot" ("bringing the heat")  can both mean "being awesome" mean "being awesome. A person or group can "bring the heat" because they are coldblooded in their dedication to and their performance of what they are doing.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/07/ice-ice-baby-and-other-examples-of.html  for a 2014 pancocojams post entitled "Ice Ice Too Cold Too Cold" And Other Examples Of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity "Ice Cold" Chants And Motifs".

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity line "ice ice, too cold too cold" was popularized in mainstream United States by the 1990 hit record "Ice Ice Baby" by White rapper Vanilla Ice. Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby.For information about the rapper Vanilla Ice, his song "Ice Ice Baby",

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THE SOURCE AND POSSIBLE MEANING OF THE "O E O E O" PART OF THE "BRR IT'S COLD IN HERE"  CHEER
in the cheerleader cheer "Brrr It's Cold In Here", the "O E O E O" (also given as "owee owee o" and similarly spelled words) are from the 1984 R&B song "Jungle Love" by Morris Day & The Times. That phrase, given as "Oh-wee-oh-wee-oh", was repeated in the background of that 1984 song. Morris Day & The Times sung "Jungle Love" and at least one other song when that group was featured as Prince's main competition in Prince's movie Purple Rain.

"O e o e o" refrain is sometimes written as "owwe owee oh" . Those letters are probably imitative  sounds that monkeys make in the jungle.

The term "jungle love" means love between two people who are different races/ethnicities (In the United States, ethnicity may refer to people who are Latino/a.)
Click http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Time%20Lyrics/Jungle%20Love%20Lyrics.html for lyrics to "Jungle Love".

Neither that meaning of the "o e o e o" sound nor the vernacular meaning of "jungle love" have anything to do with the "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer. I don't have any doubt that the "o e o e o" sound was just used in that cheer for its catchy rhythmic effect.  

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THE CUSTOM OF ELONGATED THE WORD "I SAID" THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE SAID IN A CHEER OR IN A CHANT 

Elongating the words "I said" at the beginning of a chant or cheer is sometimes done to emphasize the rest of that line. The Clover cheer captain (Isis) in the first Bring It On movie does tis the first time that she says "I said Brr It's Cold In Here".

In the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. chant "It's A Serious Matter", the soloist (or the entire step team) elongates the words "It's a" the first time they say those words. (Watch a video of that chant in Part B in this pancocojams post.).

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PART B

PROBABLE SOURCES FOR  THE "BRR IT'S COLD IN HERE" CHEER

These videos are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Video #1 - Ice Ice Baby...The Black And Gold

Allen C. Johnson, Jul 3, 2014

Ice Ice Baby . . . . The Black & Gold

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

credit: school daze
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These steppers were actual members of Morehouse College's chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

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Video #2 - AKA 2019 Probate : Serious Matter - Pi Mu Chapter

pearlfection16, Apr 16, 2019

Pi Mu Chapter - Baylor University

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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Notice how the soloist elongates the words "It's a" the first time she says them. Also, notice how the step team moves from one side to the other when they do this step. The Clover cheerleading captain elongated "I said" the first time she said those words in the Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer. Also, the Clover cheerleading team did a very similar side to side stomp when they performed the "Brr It's Cold In Here" cheer. 

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And just to pay homage to this fictionalized cheerleading squad and to enjoy it), here's a video of cheerleading scenes from from the the Wildcats movie

Video #3 - The Wildcat Cheerleaders



Ebola Entertainment, July 27, 2009

The best Cheerleaders on earth are from the [1986] movie "Wildcats" starring Goldie Hawn. They are my heroes. -snip-

Notice the cheerleaders' back and forth movements during the "U G L Y" cheer.

Two African American women who I interviewed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the late 1990s  2000s shared with me that they chanted "U.G.L.Y" before that cheer was included in the Wildcats movie.  As the first video in this pancocojams post documents, a small snippet of "U.G. L. Y" was also included in the 2000 Bring It On movie. 

Another version of the U.G.L.Y. cheer is featured in the first episode of the Lizzy McGuire show that was filmed on September 13-15, 2000.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/05/remembrances-examples-of-u-g-l-y-you.html  for a pancocojams post about this cheer entitled "Examples Of U.G.L.Y" Before 2000.

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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams series. (Updated 2024 version)

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"Hot Boudin, Cold Couscous" Cheerleader Cheer (videos, information, & comments)

Douglas Tate, Sep 21, 2015

September 19, 2015 ~ Hot Boudin Cold Couscous (LSU Cheer) ~ LSU won the game 45-21
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Here are the words to this cheer:

"Hot boudin
Cold coush coush
Come on Tigers,
Poosh, poosh, poosh!"

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojam post showcases two videos of the "Hot boudin, cold couscous" cheerleader cheer.

This post presents definitions of the words "boudin" and "couscous". 

This pancocojams post also presents information about Creole/Cajun ethnicities & culture because "Hot Boudin Cold Couscous" is referred to as a Cajun cheer,  

Addendum #1 to this post presents some information about Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where the "Hot boudin cold couscous" cheer originated. 

Addendum #2 to this post presents some information about Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, a man of Black French Creole descent who was the first Black mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Addendum #3 to this post presents some information about Louisiana State University.  

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, recreational, and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the originators of this cheer and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: LSU BCS Pep Rally Fan Fest Hot Boudin Cheer LSU Cheerleaders

pshaw34565,Jan 6, 2008

LSU BCS Pep Rally at Fan Fest. LSU Pep Rally perform Hot Boudin Cheer. Entire Pep rally in clear video at the site. LSU Cajun Cheer. LSU Cheerleaders perform this crowd favorite at the Fan Fest Pep Rally

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INFORMATION ABOUT CREOLE/CAJUN PEOPLE AND CULTURE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajuns
..."While Cajuns are usually described as the descendants of the Acadian exiles who went to Louisiana over the course of Le Grand Dérangement, Louisianians frequently use Cajun as a broad cultural term (particularly when referencing Acadiana) without necessitating descent from the deported Acadians. Although the terms Cajun and Creole today are often portrayed as separate identities, Louisianians of Acadian descent have historically been known as Creoles.[4] Cajuns make up a significant portion of south Louisiana's population and have had an enormous impact on the state's culture.[5]

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Since their establishment in Louisiana, the Cajuns have become famous for their French dialect, Louisiana French, and have developed a vibrant culture including folkways, music, and cuisine. Acadiana is heavily associated with them....

In contrast to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, today's Cajuns and Creoles are often presented as distinct groups, and some Cajuns disavow a Creole identity whereas others embrace it. Surnames and geographic location are not necessarily markers of either identity.

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Black Louisiana Frenchmen have historically self-identified as Cajun, using the term in regards to the ethnicity of the Cajun Country and the language they speak: Amédé Ardoin for example spoke only Cajun French and at his height was known as the first Black Cajun recording artist;[36] Clifton Chenier the King of Zydeco, routinely self-identified as a Black Cajun:

"Bonjour, comment ça va monsieur?" Clifton Chenier greeted his cheering crowd at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival. "They call me the Black Cajun Frenchman."[37]

People of the Cajun Country have historically described what the Cajun nationality means to them; Brandon Moreau, a Cajun of Basile, Louisiana, described Cajun as an "inclusive term designating region, descent, or heritage – not race."[38] …
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/08/what-are-ethnic-cultural-differences.html for Part I of a two part pancocojams series about Louisiana Louisiana Creoles and  Louisiana Cajuns.

Also, read the Addendum below about Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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WHAT IS BOUDIN?
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudin
"Boudin (French pronunciation: are various kinds of sausage in French, Luxembourgish, Belgian, Swiss, Québécois, Acadian, Aostan, Louisiana Creole, and Cajun cuisine….

Etymology

The Anglo-Norman word boudin meant 'sausage', 'blood sausage', or 'entrails' in general. Its origin is unclear. It has been traced both to Romance and to Germanic roots, but there is not good evidence for either (cf. boudin).[1] The English word "pudding" probably comes from boudin.[2

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Cajun boudin is available most readily in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana, though it may be found nearly anywhere in "Cajun Country" extending along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from eastern Texas[12] to western Mississippi.[23] Several Louisiana towns and cities stake claims based on their boudin; Scott, Louisiana, was named "Boudin Capital of the World" in 2012, while Jennings was named "Boudin Capital of the Universe"[24] and former "Boudin Capital of the World" Broussard redesignated itself the "Intergalactic Boudin Capital of Positive Infinity".[25]”…

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WHAT IS COUSCOUS?
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couscous
"Couscous (Arabic: كُسْكُس, romanized: kuskus; Berber languages: ⵙⴽⵙⵓ, romanized: seksu) – sometimes called kusksi or kseksu – is a traditional North African dish[5][6] of small[a] steamed granules of rolled semolina[7] that is often served with a stew spooned on top. Pearl millet, sorghum, bulgur, and other cereals are sometimes cooked in a similar way in other regions, and the resulting dishes are also sometimes called couscous.[8][9]: 18 [10]

Couscous is a staple food throughout the Maghrebi cuisines of Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Libya.[11][12]: 250  It was integrated into French and European cuisine at the beginning of the twentieth century,[13] through the French colonial empire and the Pieds-Noirs of Algeria.[14][15][16]

In 2020, couscous was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.[17]

Etymology

The word "couscous" (alternately cuscus or kuskus) was first noted in early 17th century French, from Arabic kuskus, from kaskasa ‘to pound’, and is probably of Berber origin.[18][19][20] The term seksu is attested in various Berber dialects such as Kabyle and Rifain, while Saharan Berber dialects such as Touareg and Ghadames have a slightly different form, keskesu. This widespread geographical dispersion of the term strongly suggests its local Berber origin, lending further support to its likely Berber roots as Algerian linguist Salem Chaker suggests.[18]

The Berber root *KS means "well formed, well rolled, rounded."[18][19] Numerous names and pronunciations for couscous exist around the world.[21]: 919 ”….

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INFORMATION ABOUT COUSCOUS IN LOUISIANA CUISINE
Excerpt #1
https://www.wafb.com/story/8221319/chef-john-folses-coush-coush/ Chef John Folse’s Coush Coush,
May. 23, 2016
"The name "coush coush" comes from "couscous," a North African dish of steamed semolina. Coush coush is a very old Cajun cornmeal recipe that was most often used as a hot cereal. The people of every Cajun cabin had their own method of preparation for this dish and had a different tradition for serving it. Many years ago, on the coldest winter nights, this dish would be cooked in a cast iron pot in the fireplace. It's hard to imagine that a dish so simply prepared could taste so good."...

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Excerpt #2
https://www.deepsouthdish.com/2021/02/couche-couche-cajun-breakfast-cereal.html February 25, 2021
"Couche Couche - Cajun Breakfast Cereal
Unless you live down in this part of the Deep South, you've probably never heard of this dish. Often referred to as a Cajun breakfast, cornmeal cereal, though it's enjoyed just about any time of the day. It comes under a few different names, including  Cush Cush, Couche Couche or Coush Coush, all pronounced "coosh-coosh."

Although some folks will want to compare this to a cornmeal mush, it's actually quite different.

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Couche Couche may be eaten as a sweet cereal, sprinkled with granulated sugar or drizzled with cane syrup, fruit jams or syrups, or more on the savory side with crumbled bacon, fried andouille or smoked sausage or fried cracklings. Either way a drizzle of milk or cream is usually the finish."...
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Both of these excerpts include recipes for Creole/Cajun style couscous. 

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COMMENTS ABOUT THE "HOT BOUDIN, COLD COUSCOUS" CHEER

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/lsu-sports/the-origins-of-some-lsu-cheers/29840000/ The origins of some LSU cheers 

WARNING: Some comments in that discussion thread include profanity, sexually explicit, and/or racially insensitive comments. None of those examples are quoted in this pancocojams post with the exception of a curse word that is given with amended spelling.

Numbers are given for referencing purposes only. The quotes within some of these comments are given in italics to distinguish them from the rest of the comment.
 
1. Cecil D Diesel, 11/17/11
"What are some of the ways that the cheers we use came to be what we know them as?

 Though I'm a younger fan(21) and grew up most of my life in southern Louisiana, I think we should use the traditional:

"Hot Boudin, cold Couscous, come on Tigers lets push, push, push."

 Though I'm only one man, and cannot start it alone."

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2.  DadFanAlum , 11/17/11
"I respectfully disagree--"Hot Boudin" is a really goofy cheer, which is probably why it has been abandoned. "Couscous" and "push" don't rhyme. And when was the last time you ate it cold?"

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3. Grandmike , 11/17/11
"The dish is made with corn meal not wheat so has no relation to couscous. It should be eaten hot with milk and, if you're lucky, a handful of cracklins per bowl.The proper pronunciation is "coush-coush" which almost rhymes with push, which, in the cheer, should be pronounced "poush". The cheer started in the late 50's , it was in use when I started LSU in 1960. Let's do bring it back."

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4. Harry Caray  11/17/11
"i actually like this cheer

 much better than the lame, generic cheers the cheerleaders...lead"

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5. Cecil D Diesel,11/17/11
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The cheer started in the late 50's , it was in use when I started LSU in 1960.

We should definitely go retro.

ETA: I think it would be awesome, because that's a cheer that no one can claim. It is a Louisiana "thing", that we could identify with. I just remember my dad saying it to me a lot and teaching it to me, when I was younger.

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6. LSUPHILLY72,11/18/11 
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"Hot Boudin, cold Couscous, come on Tigers pushe, pushe, pushe."

My Uncle was a cheerleader for LSU back in the black and white picture days.

My Grandfather made up that cheer!"

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7. dgnx6, 11/18/11
"hot corn bread, milk, and sugar. I grew up on that sh-te*.

 Oh and i have said it every game ive gone to walking up the ramps. People just look at me like im and idiot. I dont care, cus in my own lil world its led us to 80 wins since 04."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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8.Los angeles tiger, 11/18/11
..."My all time favorite was done by a guy in T.B. back in the 80's and it's a variation of Hot Boudin.

Hot Boudin
Pizza in a cup
Come on Tigers
Don't screw up!"

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https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/lsu-sports/the-origins-of-some-lsu-cheers/29840000/page-3/
9. Pietra, 11/18/11
"Re the Hot Boudin cheer: I have to disagree with a couple of the posters regarding the date.

In 1964, my freshman year, they gathered all the freshman in Tiger Stadium at the end of “Dog Week”. During this “pep rally - football orientation” – the cheerleaders said they wanted to teach us one brand new cheer and a new song: the cheer was the Hot Boudin cheer and the song was so lame that I cannot remember it. But they definitely said that it was the first time / year that Hot Boudin was going to be used.

I still like the cheer because it is uniquely ours."

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10. Fat man, 11/18/11
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Couscous" and "push" don't rhyme.

I respectfully have to disagree. In the 70's we always pronounced it pooosh pooosh pooosh, so it rhymed with couscous.

btw, I never stopped doing the cheer."

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11. JudgeBoyett
"Pretty sure it's cush cush (not couscous...the moroccan grain), the Louisiana breakfast dish made from cornmeal. It can be eaten cold like a cereal. And part of the charm is that it doesn't rhyme perfectly. That's one of the best things about it."

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12. LSUHSV. 11/18/11
"I was in Washington DC two years ago and went to a bar to watch LSU and MSU, we were with a bunch of older LSU gentlemen, I am 58 at the time, and they kept saying the Hot Boudin cheer after any great play. My friends wife asked me what was that cheer and I said it is something that I never understand either. Anyway she thought it was a riot."

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13. GrandMike, 11/18/11
Here's the original version:

Hot Boudin
Cold coush coush
Allons Tigers
Poush poush poush

It's a great cheer that celebrates Louisiana's French heritage; bring it back!"

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14. GrandMike, 11/18/11
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"Re the Hot Boudin cheer: I have to disagree with a couple of the posters regarding the date."

Sorry it was used in 1960 during my first Tiger game. I think the new thing was the current fight song "Hey Fighting Tigers" which was introduced around that time."

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15. Pietra, 11/18/11
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"Sorry it was used in 1960 during my first Tiger game. I think the new thing was the current fight song "Hey Fighting Tigers" which was introduced around that time.

Hey, I was a dumb freshman and actually believed the cheerleader. But you’re right; “Hey Fighting Tigers” was the song, which turned out a lot better than it sounded at the time with just the cheerleaders singing it and no band.

I started going to the games when I was a kid, but still don’t remember Hot Boudin before my freshman year."

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16. Fewer Kilometers, 11/18/11
"I'm pretty leery of a lot of the "origins" of college cheers. They come up from other colleges and from high schools."

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https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/lsu-sports/the-origins-of-some-lsu-cheers/29840000/page-4/

17. bleedpig, 11/18/11
"quote: 
"Couscous" and "Push" don't rhyme.

It does rhyme if you say it the way it's supposed to be said. It's a Cajun pronounciation. You pronounce "push" like "poosh""

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https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/lsu-sports/the-origins-of-some-lsu-cheers/29840000/page-5/

18. Fat Bastard,11/18/11
"quote:
Couscous

that is a middle eastern PASTA! that is not how you spell it!

COUCHE COUCHE is how it is spelled!"

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19. TigerNavyDoc, 1/19/11
"quote:
Here's the original version: Hot Boudin Cold coush coush Allons Tigers Poush poush poush

Except it's COUCHE COUCHE....not couscous...."

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20.  Fat Bastard, 11/19/11
"quote:
Couscous is correct.

NO IT IS NOT! can you scroll up?? EDUCATE YOURSELF!"

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21. Spankum,11/19/11
"quote:
I think we should use the traditional:

"Hot Boudin, cold Couscous, come on Tigers lets push, push, push."

I agree with this...however, having to say "poosh, poosh..." always kinda bothered me some..."

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ADDENDUM #1- INFORMATION ABOUT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
"Baton Rouge … from French Bâton-Rouge 'red stick') is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish,[4] Louisiana's most populous parish (the equivalent of counties in other states).[5] Since 2020, it has been the second-largest city in Louisiana after New Orleans.

[…]

European settlement of Baton Rouge began in 1721 when French colonists established a military and trading post. Since then, Baton Rouge has been governed by France, Britain, Spain, Louisiana, the Republic of West Florida, the United States, the Confederate States, and the United States again. In 1755, when French-speaking settlers of Acadia in Canada's Maritime provinces were expelled by British forces, many took up residence in rural Louisiana. Popularly known as Cajuns, the descendants of the Acadians maintained a separate culture. During the first half of the 19th century, Baton Rouge grew steadily as the result of steamboat trade and transportation.

[…]

Prior to colonization, American Indians were once the primary residents of present-day Baton Rouge. With the coming of European colonization, and the migration of American settlers after the Louisiana Purchase, European and African-descended peoples became the predominant groups in the area by birth rates and immigration to a 1860 population of 5,428. Since reaching its first historic high of 220,394 residents at the 1980 U.S. census, the city's population has expanded and contracted twice: from 219,531 in 1990, to 227,818 in 2000—the second historic high—and 229,493, the city-proper's third historic high in 2010,[63] to 227,470 at the 2020 census.”…

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ADDENDUM #2- INFORMATION ABOUT "DUTCH" MORIAL
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Nathan_Morial
"Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American politician and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first black mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986.[1] He was the father of Marc Morial, who served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002.

Biography

Early life and education

Morial, a New Orleans native, grew up in the Seventh Ward in a French-Creole Catholic family. His father was Walter Etienne Morial, a cigarmaker, and his mother was Leonie V. (Moore) Morial, a seamstress. He attended Holy Redeemer Elementary School and McDonogh No. 35 Senior High School. He graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1951. In 1954, he became the first African American to receive a law degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge."...

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ADDENDUM #3- INFORMATION ABOUT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_University
"Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[7] The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy.

[...]

In 1905, LSU admitted its first female student, R. O. Davis. She was admitted into a program to pursue a master's degree. The following year, 1906, LSU admitted sixteen female students to its freshman class as part of an experimental program. Before this, LSU's student body was all-male. In 1907, LSU's first female graduate, Martha McC. Read, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree.[17] After this two year experimental program, the university fully opened its doors to female applicants in 1908, and thus coeducation was born at LSU.[18]

[...] 

Although some African-Americans students tried to enroll in LSU in 1946, the university did not admit African-Americans until the 1950s. In 1953 A. P. Tureaud Jr. enrolled under court order, but his enrollment was canceled when a higher court overturned the ruling. His case was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tureaud returned to LSU in 1956. A classroom building on the LSU campus is named for his father, the late A. P. Tureaud Sr., a noted Civil Rights leader. The federal courts mandated full integration for LSU in 1964. The first African-American graduate of the LSU Law School was New Orleans's first African-American mayor, the late Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial.[22]

[...]

Rankings

Louisiana State University is ranked 176th in the national universities category and 87th among public universities by the 2022 U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. colleges.[72] LSU is also ranked as the 192nd best overall university in the nation by Forbes magazine in 2019.[73] Additionally, in 2009, U.S. News & World Report ranked LSU as the 16th most popular university in the nation among high school students.[74]

[...]

The athletics department official nickname is Fighting Tigers, Tigers, or Lady Tigers.[116]"...

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Cheyney University's 2008 Cheerleader Cheer - "What Ya Got" (a circle side line cheer during a football game)

Ibest07, Sept. 22, 2009

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a video of a 2008 cheerleading cheer that is performed by cheerleaders of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.

The content of this post is presented for historical and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-overview-of-foot-stomping-cheers.html for the 2021 pancocojams post entitled "An Overview Of Foot Stomping Cheers From the 1970s To The Early 2000s & How And Where Some Of Those Cheers & Their Movement Art Has Survived In The 2000s".  That post presents information about the recreational sub-category of children's cheers that I refer to as "foot stomping cheers". That post also includes text examples of some African American girls' foot stomping cheers that remind me of the cheer that is performed in this embedded video. Some videos of foot stomping cheers are also included in that post.

For a comparable circle cheer that is performed by college cheerleaders (but before a game), watch the video of the cheer "Move It" that is embedded in that pancocojams post along with a transcription of that cheer. 
  
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This YouTube video got my attention because it reminded me of a few comments about some African American girls' circle games from the 1970s to the early 2000s that happened upon in several social media forums where African American women reminisce about their remembrances of childhood recreational circle games similar to this (such as "Introduce Yourself" which is also known as "Jump In. Jump Out".

I refer to this sub-category of cheerleader cheers as "foot stomping cheers". However, girls I observed playing them either had no category name for them or called them "cheers". I've read online that some girls referred to them as "cheers" or "rhymes", or "ditties". Notice that I'm using past tense as I don't know that these types of recreational cheers have been performed by girls during their informal play since around 2009.

This YouTube video has no title for that cheer and no transcription of that cheer. This is the title that I gave to that cheer and this is my unofficial transcription of the words that I heard those cheerleaders chant. The words "What ya got" mean "What do you have?" In the context of this cheer, those words mean "What kind of spirit do you have?"  If this cheer is based on a childhood recreational cheer*, instead of naming a college as given in the line "The Cheney spirit", the girls would have given the name of their neighborhood or city,  or a city's athletic sports team name - for instance, the "Brooklyn spirit", or the New York spirit, or the Steelers' spirit. 

Notice those place names or team names all have two syllables. If girls lived in a place or had an athletic team whose name had only one syllable, they would elongate that syllable. If girls lived in a place or had an athletic team whose name had more than two syllables, they would abbreviate that name.

I'm not sure that I correctly transcribed the words to this cheer. Additions and corrections are very welcome. 

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HOW THIS CHEER IS PERFORMED
The embedded YouTube video documents this cheer being performed in a circle on the side lines of a football field by Cheney University's cheerleaders during their team's football game. 
 

Formation - cheerleaders stand in a wide circle and chant while performing bouncy stepping motions and individual hand claps. 

One randomly selected cheerleader struts and twirls and poses with swagger to the center of the circle and then chants a verse. (There doesn't appear to be any order in which the cheerleaders take their turn as the soloist, for instance, it's not based on where they are standing to form that circle. )  

The "soloist" cheerleader chooses a verse that mentions a particular body part and then performs an action corresponding to that body part when she chants that word.

The other cheerleaders respond to each line of the soloist cheer with the words "Oh yeah".

The video doesn't show the other cheerleaders doing the same action as the soloist, but-based on similar foot stomping cheers that I've directly observed and that I observed online, the rest of the cheerleaders could have performed the same motion along with the soloist cheerleader. [That movement response would have been the same as the movement that was/is done in children's singing games in which the soloist in the center of the ring (circle) is asked to "Show me your motion" and the group responds with "We can do your motion". In that sense and others, these circle cheers are direct descendants of children's circle games.] 

When the "soloist" cheerleader finishes her cheer, she struts and twirls back to her spot in the circle.

The cheer immediately begins again with a new soloist and (ideally) continued until everyone in the group had one equal length turn as the soloist.

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WORDS - WHAT YA GOT 

All the cheerleaders except the soloist: 
"What ya got" [clap clap]
"What ya got" [clap clap]
"What ya got" [clap clap] What ya got [clap clap]

First Soloist:
"I got that spirit"

Other cheerleaders –("Oh yeah"!)

Soloist -  "That Cheney spirit"
("Oh yeah")
"It’s in my heart*
("Oh yeah")
"I love to jump" [The soloist does the indicated action]
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This pattern continues with the next soloist.

The cheerleader (and other cheerleaders who chanted that verse) may have said "It's in my rump." In the context of this cheer, the word "rump" means "butt"/"behind". The word "rump" was chosen to rhyme with the action word "jump".

At the end of the cheer (in this video when the team mascot takes a soloist turn), all the cheerleaders chant something like "Get down!", "Get down!", "Get down!".

In the context of this cheer "Get down!" means "Show us your best dance moves". Instead of "Get down", the cheer could end with words with the same beat such as  "Well, alright, alright", alright". 
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Here are the alternative soloist responses that I heard in this YouTube video:

"It’s in my skirt
I love to twerk" [In that video the cheerleader does a hip shaking dance, and not the butt protruding shaking dance called "the twerk". ]

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"It’s in my skirt
I like to work" [The cheerleader does hip shaking moves.]

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"It’s in my legs*
I like to slay" [The cheerleader does a split.] 
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*In the context of this rhyme the word "slay" means "to kill", meaning to do something very well". The words "legs" and "slay" don't  rhyme and aren't near rhymes. However, that is what I believe I heard in this video and I observed that soloist cheerleader touch her legs when she said that word.

A closer rhyme would be
"It's in my hip"
I do the split"

or

"It's in my hip
I like to split", (although "hips" don't have that much to do with performing a split.)

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Because there aren't many body parts that correspond to dance motions, the verses repeat themselves. However, in some foot stomping cheers that I've directly observed or come across offline,  the preferred responses are for soloists to come up with a verse that hasn't been given before. Lines for some soloist parts are also individualized in certain foot stomping cheers because the soloist gives her nickname, her and zodiac sign, or her favorite color, or her boyfriend's name, or names a dance that hasn't been already named etc.
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This "What Ya Got" cheer is a form of the mainstream cheerleader cheer "We've GotThe Spirit". The words to that cheer are:

All cheerleaders: "We've got the spirit.
Yes we do.
{name of school]'s got the spirit.
How 'bout you?

[Repeat cheer multiple times.] 

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Crediting "Pump Up The Jam" 1989 Hip Hop/House Record As The Direct Source Of "Pump It Up" Cheerleader Cheers

jackyabody0091, Apr 3, 2009

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision: November 29, 2020

This pancocojams post presents information about Technotronic Feat Ya Kid K's 1989 record "Pump Up The Jam" and considers that record's influence on the large family of "Pump It Up" cheerleader cheers. Some of these cheers were (are?) are composed and performed as foot stomping cheers.*

A video of "Technotronic Feat Ya Kid K performing "Pump Up The Jam" is included in this post along with an excerpt from that song's lyrics.

Four examples of "Pump It Up" cheers are included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, recreational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Manuela Kamosi and Thomas   for composing this song and thanks to  for performing it. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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"Foot stomping cheers" is a sub-set of children's cheerleader cheers that have distinctive textual structures and distinctive performance styles. These cheers were (are?) usually performed by two or more African American girls ages around six years to twelve years who stand in lines  (usually horizontal lines), or in semi-circles, or in a circle with the soloist in the middle.  

The cheers have a distinctive call & response pattern that I refer to as "group/consecutive soloists". This call & response pattern differs from other cheers which usually are chanted with the group responding to a lead person or are usually chanted in unison. In contrast, the composition and performing pattern for foot stomping cheers consist of the group speaking  (often without the first soloist) first. The soloist then responds to the group. This pattern continues, and usually the soloist then has a short solo portion. The group may or may not chant again before the cheer begins again from the beginning with a new soloist. This pattern continues until every member of the group has had one equal (same amount of time) turn as the soloist. My experience is that the order of soloist is determined before the cheer begins, often with girls trying to be the first to call out "first", "second", "third" etc.

Probably the most widely known example of "foot stomping cheers" is "Shabooya Roll Call" from the "Bring It On All Or Nothing" movie.  However, that depiction is a rather exaggerated version of those cheers.  Here's a link to that scene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naw2tty2yic&ab_channel=iluzyoo

Based on my research, I believe that group of girls performed* what I refer to as "foot stomping cheers" in imitation of "real" cheerleading squads. Foot stomping cheer performances were informal though practiced performances that usually occurred without any audiences except other children (or pre-teens) in the playground or on the sidewalks where the girls happened to be. 

Because the structure of foot stomping cheers dictates that each member of the group had to have one equal length turn as the soloist for every cheer that was performed, these cheers weren't compatible with the time limitations that real cheerleaders face. For that reason, the two styles of cheers that traditional cheerleaders and stomp and shake cheerleaders perform short cheers that have a leader/group pattern or unison cheers.
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*I use past tense for performances of foot stomping cheers as I believe that these forms of cheers are rarely if ever performed since about the 2010. If that is true, it may be because of the increased interest in and opportunities for African American girls to perform "steps" (percussive routines that are very similar to historically Black Greek letter sororities and fraternities "steppin".  Another reason that these types of cheers may be rarely if ever performed is that the existence of stomp and shake cheerleading squads or modified stomp and shake cheerleading squads in certain American middle and high schools and community organizations. These squads as well as "traditional cheerleading squads" provide girls with opportunities to actually be cheerleaders rather than pretending to be cheerleaders when they perform stomp and shake cheers.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/foot-stomping-cheers-alphabetical-list_22.html for text (word only) examples of foot stomping cheers. Also, click the foot stomping cheer tag that is found below for additional examples of foot stomping cheers.

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/11/1993-stomp-and-shake-cheerleading-video.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "1993 Stomp And Shake Cheerleading Video (CIAA Exhibition Showcasing WSSU, VSU, & Four Other HBCU University Cheerleading Squads)". In that video three of those stomp and shake cheerleading squads performed a version of "Pump It Up".

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INFORMATION ABOUT MANUELA KAMOSI (ALSO KNOWN AS YA KID K)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Kid_K
'Ya Kid K (born Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi,[1] 26 January 1972) is a Congolese–Belgian hip hop recording artist. Ya Kid K, besides being a solo artist, is also known for her works for the dance/house act Technotronic….

Biography

At the age of 11, she moved to Belgium, later moving to Chicago (where she explored hip-hop, and the emerging sounds of house music), and later moved to Dallas, Texas. After moving back to Belgium from the US, she helped form a hip hop label called Fresh Beat Productions. She was part of the dance project Technotronic, [2] which debuted with a major worldwide hit in 1989, "Pump Up the Jam". Although she did not appear in the video, she was finally credited as vocalist on the track on the US reissue of the group's debut album.[3]

Singles

Although she wrote the lyrics and sang vocals on "Pump Up the Jam",[4] Technotronic had the fashion model Felly Kilingi perform in the video, without Ya Kid K's consent. The second single "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" was Ya Kid K's debut music video with Technotronic. In 1992, Technotronic and Ya Kid K had a hit with "Move This," another single from 1989's Pump Up the Jam: The Album.”…

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "PUMP UP THE JAM"
from https://genius.com/Technotronic-pump-up-the-jam-lyrics
"Pump Up The Jam" [was] "Written by [Congolese–Belgian hip hop recording artist] Manuela Kamosi (aliased as Ya Kid K) and Thomas De Quincey (aka Jo Bogaert), “Pump Up the Jam” was Technotronic’s debut single. Its music is heavily based on a track named “Technotronic” that De Quincey had released earlier in the year under the name Pro 24’s.

“Pump Up the Jam” peaked at #2 in the UK in late 1989, then also reached #2 in the US in early 1990."...

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EXCERPT FROM THE SONG "PUMP UP THE JAM"
..."[Bridge]
Yo! Pump up the jam
Pump it up
Pump it up
Yo! Pump it!
Pump up the jam
Pump it up
Pump it up
Yo! Pump it
Pump up the jam
Pump it up
Pump it up
Yo! Pump it
Pump up the jam
Pump it"

From https://genius.com/Technotronic-pump-up-the-jam-lyrics

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TWO EXAMPLES OF FOOT STOMPING CHEER FORMS OF "PUMP IT UP"
 
[These versions are given in no particular order. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.] 

Version #1:
PUMP IT UP
(Everybody says) -Pump it up go 'head, go 'head. Pump it up go 'head. Pump it up go 'head, go 'head. Pump it up go 'head Tasha, go 'head, go 'head. Tasha, go 'head. Tasha, go 'head, go 'head. Tasha, go 'head *

Tasha or the name of the lead person does some kind of dance while she shouts this next part) YOU GOTS TO PUUMP ITT UPPP! Pump it up! Pump Pump it up!

Everybody does the same dance that the leader did while they say the same thing) YOU GOTS TO PUUMP ITT UPPP Pump it up Pump Pump it up

Then you repeat the whole cheer with the next leader who gives her name or her nickname.
Everybody has a turn as the leader. The next leader can do the same dance, but when they really want to impress people, they do their own dance.

*I forgot to say that people do foot stomps during this part. It's hard to write it out but the foot stomps go like this (left foot stomps and then clap once; right foot stomps & you clap once, and then the left foot stomps two time and then you clap. Right foot stomps & you clap once). Go back to the beginning and keep doing this until the leader says her part. Then you stop doing the steps. Nobody says anything or moves while the leader is saying her part. They are all watching her. 

After she finishes doing her dance, everybody tries to the same dance that she did while they say YOU GOTS TO PUUMP ITT UPPP Pump it up Pump Pump it up. And then you go back to the beginning of the whole cheer. 

I hope you like it.
-Tazi M. Powell (coach); Fort Pitt Cheerleaders; Garfield neighborhood; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 8/10/2007

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Version #2
PUMP IT UP 
Words -------------------------------------------------Basic Motion
Pump pump pump pump pump it up-------------  tap palms around the circle to start
Pump pump pump it up ---------------------------- step clap rock clap [2x]
Well, my name is [player’s name] ----------------- step clap rock clap
Pump it up ------------------------------------------- step clap rock clap
That’s what they call me ---------------------------- tap clap rock clap
Pump it up -------------------------------------------[repeat]
My sign is [astrological sign]
Pump it up
And I can work that body oddy oddy --------------shake and improvise
Make sure you don’t hurt that body
Pump pump pump pump
Pump it up
(1992)
From Recess Battles: Playing Fighting, and Storytelling by Anna R. Beresin (University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 2010, page 104-105, in the section of that book whose sub-title is "Steps"), African American girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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This is how that example was written in that book. 
 
Here's the introductory comments to this example:
"In 1991, I saw four African American girls doing what looked like a dance step. “Is that a step?” I asked. I wonder whether the dance was choreographed or if they were improvising. “No, no, this is a step”. Step, clap, rock, clap, step, clap, rock, clap, They rocked gently back and forth, clapping their hands lightly on the off beat. At first they sang quietly, but it built into a roar."

[After that example. the book's author wrote]
"The phase pump it up appears in several recordings, including "Pump Up The Jam" by M. Kamosi and T. De Quincy from 1989. Each girl gets a chance to say her name and her astrological sign and work her body."

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ONE EXAMPLE OF TRADITIONAL CHEERLEADING CHEERS FORMS OF FORMS OF "PUMP IT UP"
 
 PUMP PUMP PUMP IT UP 
Pump, pump, pump it up! (leader sounds)
Pump, pump, pump it up! (team)
Pump that [Team Name] spirit up! (leader sounds)
Pump that [Team Name] spirit up! (team)

Keep, keep, keep it up! (leader sounds)
Keep, keep, keep it up! (team)
Keep that [Team Name] spirit up! (leader sounds)
Keep that [Team Name] spirit up! (team)
- https://howtheyplay.com/team-sports/20-Best-Team-Cheers-and-Chants "Top 20 Cheers for Cheerleading, Sports Teams, and Team Captains" [This example is given as #3 in that list.]

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ONE EXAMPLE OF STOMP AND SHAKE CHEERLEADING FORMS OF FORMS OF "PUMP IT UP"
[One squad member says "Ready. "Hit it!


[The entire squad says the rest of these words at the same time.]

Hey Trojans
Yeah
Hey Trojans
Yeah
Hey Trojans
Yeah
Let's pump pump pump it up.
Pump pump pump it up.
The Trojans are ready to 
Pump pump pump it up
The Trojans are ready to 
Pump pump pump it up

[The second line of the squad]
The Trojans
Pump, pump, pump it up
[The first line of the squad]
The Trojans
Pump pump, pump it up
[The entire squad]
The Trojans
Pump, pump, pump it up.
Pump Ooh!
The Trojans
Pump pump, pump it up
The Trojans
Pump, pump, pump 
Pump it up.
Pump Pump Pump It Up
The Trojans are ready 
To pump it up.
Pump Pump Pump It Up
The Trojans are ready 
To pump it up.
- Virginia State University Woo Woos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4tdFVI6NWU&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=CheerPhi93 (1:46 to 2:25 in that video)
transcription by Azizi Powell (additions and corrections are welcome)

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LINKS TO TWO ADDITIONAL VIDEOS OF THE "PUMP IT UP" CHEER   

Example #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GneUNvr4PUM&ab_channel=StompNShakeCheer
"Cheer: Pump It Up (P-U-M-P-I-T-U-P)" published by Stomp N Shake Cheer, published on Oct. 21, 2020
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This cheer is performed in a stomp and shake style by a high school student.

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Example #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umnc9_QsvM&ab_channel=SMSCheer1
"Pump, pump, pump it up!", published on Dec. 9, 2016
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This is a mostly Black high school cheerleading squad which is performing in a slightly modified traditional cheerleading style (The modification occurs when the cheerleaders say the words "pump it up").  Notice that compared to stomp and shake cheerleading, there's no hip shaking, the legs aren't lifted from the floor, and the stomps aren't as bass sounding.

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"Brrr! It's Cold In Here" Cheers (examples & videos of children's and teens cheers)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the cheerleader cheer "Brrr It's Cold In Here".

Part II features selected text examples and videos of that children and teenagers performing versions of the "Brrr! It's Cold in here" cheer.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-real-origins-meanings-of-brrr-its.html  for the post entitled "The REAL Origins & Meanings Of The "Brrr! It's Cold In Here" Cheerleader Cheer (Updated 2024 version)"

The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and all those who are featured in this embedded video. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.


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GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT "BRRR! IT'S COLD IN HERE"
"Brrr It's Cold In Here" is a cheerleader cheer which was popularized by its inclusion in the first film in the Bring It On cheerleader series of movies (2000). The title of that cheer and the lines "ice ice ice/ too cold too cold" were popularized earlier by the 1989 hit record "Ice Ice Baby" by the White American rapper Vanilla Ice. However, "ice ice baby" as well as the lines "ooh it's cold in here" and "ice ice ice too cold too cold" were coined by the Black Greek lettered fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. Members of that international, but USA based fraternity still perform several step chants that include those phrases.

"Brrr" is an onomatopoeic word for the sound people make when they are shivering from cold weather. The word "bur" (and less frequently "burn") can be found as the title of some examples of this cheer. Both words are folk etymology forms of the word "brrr".

The letters "O E O E O" and the phrase "owee owee o" (or similarly spelled phrases) in the cheer "Brrr It's Cold In Here" comes from the refrain "Oh-wee-oh-wee-oh!" in the 1984 R&B record "Jungle Love" by Morris Day & The Time.

Some commenters on a Bring It On Movie viewer comment thread posted comments about the difference between the way the mostly White cheerleading squad, The Toros, and the mostly African American cheerleading squad, The Clovers pronounced that phrase. Several of those comments are found toward the end of this post.
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Here's an excerpt of an Editor's note that I wrote for a 2014 cocojams2* post entitled "The Influence Of "Bring It On" Movies On Children's Cheerleading"
From http://cocojams2.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-influence-of-bring-it-on-movies-on.html
..."Bring It On" is the title of or part of the title of five American produced teenage cheerleader movies. The first movie in that series, produced in 2000, is highly acclaimed in the teenage cheerleader movie genre... As a result of that movie, according to a 2008 Wall Street Journal article that is cited in "Bring It On"'s Wikipedia page, "Outside of the United States, American-style cheerleading is sometimes referred to as Bring It On-style cheerleading."
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Referring to cheers as being in the "Bring It On" style isn't always considered something positive. Around 2011 I read an online statement that prefaced a list of children's cheers in which an adult criticized the fact that many children's cheer squads were promoting hip shaking. That writer indicated that prior to the "Bring It On" movie, "hip shaking" wasn't even considered, let alone, allowed in children's cheerleading squads. Of course, cheerleader squads that are auxiliaries of professional football squads do a lot of hip shaking and other dance moves. And there's no doubt that the popularity of those professional cheerleader squads have influenced children's ideas and the rest of the general public's ideas of how cheerleaders are supposed to perform."...
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*cocojams2 is another blog that I voluntarily curate. That blog presents many of the examples of children's rhymes, singing games, and cheers that were presented on my no longer active cultural website cocojams.com. Cocojams2 also includes other posts on children's rhymes, singing games, and cheers (without regard to race/ethncicity) although a focus is placed on examples from African American cultures and other Black cultures around the world.

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SELECTED EXAMPLES OF "BRRR IT'S COLD IN HERE"
Posted in chronological order by year, with the earliest examples given posted first.

These examples are from the children's cheerleading page of no longer active cocojams.com website. A number of children and teens wrote examples of cheers on that easy to use comment page which didn't require an email address. Only first names of commenters were used.

Example #1
brrrrrr its cold in here,
There must be some (team name) in the atmosphere
I said brrrrrrr its cold in here,
There must be some (team name) in the atmosphere,
row me o me o ice ice ice
break it down
-Kenisha and Paige (England); 7/16/2006

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Example #2
here is a chant from the movie Bring It On (the clover's cheer) which my school has adapted:
brr (or ouch). i said it's cold (or hott) in here.
there must be some (mascots) in the atmosphere,
i said now [repeat as much as you want]
- Anna; 8/1/2007

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Example #3
this is a cheer that my team does
"i said brrr..(clap clap) its cold in here
there must be some*rebels* in the atmosphere
i said bang(stomp) bang choo choo train
common' girls lets do our thang,
were gonna rock our bodies
and win the game
so you better back it up
back it up back it up
and bump it to the right! uh huh GO TEAM!
-rebel-ekaboo; 5/24/2007

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EXAMPLES FROM YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREADS
(Please be aware that YouTube discussion threads may include profanity and other language that is inappropriate for children.)

Example #1
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=ZtxFp-wwSnw

the cheer is brrr its cold in here! there must be some______ in the atmosphere! and then there is some part in the cheer where u go oh eh oh eh oh ice ice ice! u do that three times!
-toontownfunatic; 2008

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Example #2
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=ZtxFp-wwSnw

that was nothing.
I did that cheer..
it was

"Ouhh!! Its hot in here! there must be some Stars in the Atmosphhere! O-eo-eooh!. Spice,Spice,Spice!"

It was a bit invetted, but yeah,.. same thing.
-SabakuRoro; 2008

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Example #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BCOFXYtFA&feature=related "Brrr... its cold in here"

I said brrr it's cold in here.
There must be tornados in the atmosphere.
I said brrr it's cold in here.
There must be tornados in the atmosphere.
-transcription from video

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Example #4
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=QD-fAC5T3Qs "I said Brr, it's cold in here!" [sound file]

BRRRR! It's cold in here!!
There must a Viking in the Atmosphere!!
OhYEE! OhYEE! Ohhh!!! Vikes! Vikes! Vikes!!
Go Par Hills!!!!
Coolie61; December 2010

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SELECTED VIDEOS OF "BRRR IT'S COLD IN HERE" CHEERLEADER CHEERS

Video Example #1
Brrr It's Cold in here



Uploaded by niiksvideos on Jan 1, 2007
Alyssa Alexa & Peggy..wow

Note this comment alleges to be from one of the girls featured on the video:

hahah were tottally just joking around before a game, making fun of bring it on..
-lyssababe714; 2008

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Video Example #2
Kerynna "Bur... It's cold in here"



Uploaded by ramsandspurs2010 on May 21, 2008
Backyard

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Video Example #3
Brrr... its cold in here



Uploaded by tyfacheer on Jul 26, 2008

Brrr... its cold in here - For the TYFA Cheerleaders

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Video Example #4
bring it on



Uploaded by seroloddd on Apr 20, 2008
WHAT DID U SAY ? I saaaaaaaid BRRR! IT'S COLD IN HERE

Editor: These three females spoke English with an accent. However, there's no indication what nation they are from.

This particular video provides an opportunity to point out that the continued popularity of the Bring It On movies have greatly contributed to confrontational "in your face", stomp and shake types of cheerleader cheers and (to a lesser extent) dance & step style routines being introduced worldwide. My guess is that the reason why foot stomping cheers or the stomp and shake movements don't appear to be performed as often by non-Black and non-Latina cheerleading squads is because, in general, members of those squads have less societal familiarity with those rhythmic movements than Black and Latina females (or males) do.

The following comment is probably documentation that this movie has been watched outside of the English speaking USA:
"lol i'm watching the movie in french . the clovers made it up but the toros stole it from them .
-DeeDaangeer; 2011; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=F26eQaqwBdg Bring It On 2000

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INTONATION AND DANCE STYLES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF STOMP AND SHAKE CHEERS
The Clovers' performance of "Brrr It's Cold In Here" can be considered a form of stomp and shake cheerleading. And the way The Toros performed that cheer is a less successful approximation of relatively new cheerleading style. Stomp and shake cheerleading, which originated with African Americans in the early to mid 1970s, emphasizes hip movements much more than traditional cheerleading. In addition, the ideal way cheerleaders chant a stomp and shake cheer is almost totally different than the ideal way that traditional cheers are chanted. One big difference is that stomp and shake cheerleaders rarely smile as the goal is for them to be intimidating.

Here are a few comments about the way that the majority White, suburban squad The Toros, and the majority Black, urban squad The Clovers chanted "Brrr It's Cold In Here":

From http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=F26eQaqwBdg "BRR IT'S COLD IN HERE 2000" [Bring It On movie]

the dance looks like hip hop dance not cheer :/ just some movements
-jessybell000; 2009

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It is a cheer its just that in urban areas we just have a little bit more dance moves and everything in our cheers. Well mostly crowd pumping cheers are more dance like and when we have to cheer its more technical and precise in movement.
-bigboib456; 2009

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I like the Clovers better the toros sound a little too prissy and the Clovers have more dance moves
-bxlaura15 ; August 2011

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I love how when the Tauros girls say O.E.O.E.O its so proper, but when the clovers do it its like they are sayin OWEE OWEE O! lol

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the toros dont have the volume and power hat the clovers do
-95snazzy; 2011

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The black girl's deeper voice suits this better
-lollsazz ; 2011

[Note that this comment had 164 likes as of 1/11/2011, which is very rare for YouTube. The comment assumes that all black girls have deep voices, which isn't true. But I wonder if "deep voices" have more authority and are considered to be more intimidating in American society because their sound is closer to that of males. Remember, cheerleaders doing stomp and shake cheers are supposed to exude confidence and are supposed to act intimidating.]

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lmao: OH EE OH EE OH!

instead of: Oheeoheeeohhh
-Egirl01; 2011

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"oo-ee-oo-ee-oo-ice-ice-ice"..­.LOL Torros sound do standard
-natosthan; January 2012

RELATED LINKS
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It_On_(film) for information on the first Bring it On movie, and information about the release dates of each of the movies in that "Bring It On" cheerleader series.

Click http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BringItOn?from=Main.BringItOn for a synopsis of each of the five movies in that series, and information about specific cultural tropes including in those movies (including racist tropes).

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Also, for information about the rapper Vanilla Ice, his song "Ice Ice Baby", and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. origin of that "ice ice baby" title/refrain, click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby.

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