Caping:
A cape is a sleeveless garment, tied around the neck from everyone from bullfighters to superheroes. Caping is slang for “defending or supporting” someone, especially someone considered unworthy of it. [Dictionary.com]
Ah. Noted in “Rep. Jim Jordan is meddling in South Korea’s war on disinformation,” Ja’han Jones, MS NOW:
One can easily read that excerpt and presume Jordan and his colleagues are just caping for Trump-aligned social media companies — such as Elon Musk’s X platform and the Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta — that have been known for spreading misinformation and disinformation and could face scrutiny under South Korea’s new law.
