The term copete , which is the diminutive of copo , can be used in different ways. This is the name for the hair that rises above the forehead . For example: “Be careful, don't mess up my pompadour,” “When I was young I wore a pompadour,” “That boy with a pompadour seems very attractive to me.”
The tuft that horses have on their forehead and the feathers that certain birds have on the top of their heads are also known as a pompadour.
The ornaments that are located in the upper sector of furniture and mirrors; the upper area of the shoes; and the summit of an elevation can be called a crest.
Tuft, on the other hand, can refer to petulance , arrogance , arrogance or haughtiness : “What a tuft that young man has!” , “You're just starting your career, you shouldn't carry yourself with a pompadour.” By extension, the idea of “lowering the pompadour” refers to taming someone's conceit or boasting: “Juan came to my office with a ridiculous proposal but I already lowered the pompadour.”
In some South American countries , the crest is the paragraph that is used as a preview or summary of a journalistic note , located below the title of the article in question. The top, which can replace the descent, is also called the start or entrance .
The function of the crest is to provide complementary information to that which appears on the flyer , the title and, if present, the title . A note about a tennis match could be structured as follows:
Title: “Great triumph of Juan Martín del Potro”
Volanta: “The Argentine beat the world number one in three sets”
Copete: “The tennis player from Tandil beat Andy Murray and qualified for the final of the United States Open. “Roger Federer will be his rival in the decisive match.”
Many people enjoy reading the news while having breakfast, a custom that has changed format due to the massification of the Internet and the loss of popularity of the paper press , but which continues to be very present in culture. Although we are exposed to a large number of articles, we usually do not have time to read them all completely, and in this sense the presence of the pompadour helps us a lot.
Before continuing, it is worth mentioning that the term pompadour is an acronym for the following expression: « small copy of the text ». Thanks to this type of summary or preview, we have the possibility of finding out the main data and the news , to decide whether to delve into the body or look for something else that interests us more.
In this paragraph, which must be distinguished from the rest of the text by its physical characteristics, such as the size of the font, the news must be summarized in a concise and objective manner. Regardless of the genre of the content, the crest is always its initial part and its importance is considerable, since it generally depends on its character whether readers consume the rest of the text.
Another aspect that journalists must take into account when preparing the cover of a news story is that it itself must be an informative text . In the case of an article of general interest, a chronicle or a report, on the other hand, this is not mandatory, but usually has the purpose of capturing the reader's attention through certain resources.
A widely used technique for the construction of the pompadour is to make sure to answer the following six questions : what?, who?, when?, where?, how?, why? . Although it is not mandatory to comply with this requirement, and it is often not possible to answer all six questions, it is recommended to cover at least four of them.