say what you want

I happened to take a look at the latest issue of campus propaganda, (cue booming voice) "THE KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISE".

The last page caught my eye. It was titled NUS high students are tops at Topping-Out Ceremony.

Anything wrong with it? Well... good for you if you've got it figured out. But what is a Topping-Out Ceremony? Its so.... concrete... like TOP of flat or whatever. The full name of the even was the NUS high school inaugural Speech Day and Topping-out Ceremony. Sheesh. Maybe my mission school upbringing has only familiarised myself with Founders' Day. I think in JC, we had Speech Day in place of Founder's Day, but Topping-out ceremony? What's that about? Sounds like an indulgent self pat on the back to me.

Is it an Americanism?