Excelsior

Excelsior

Excelsior is a Latin and archaic English word meaning "ever higher". It may refer to:

Contents

Literature and music

Science fiction

Motto and catchphrase

  • "Excelsior", the official motto of the state of New York (seen on its seal)
  • “Excelsior”, the catchphrase of Dr. Samuel Ferguson, the main character of the Jules Verne novel Five Weeks in a Balloon
  • “Excelsior!”, the catchphrase of Stan Lee, who used it at the end of every "Bullpen Bulletins" column in Marvel Comics; also used in pop culture as a sly reference to him
  • The nerd club residing in "the refuge of the damned" in The Simpsons fifth season episode "The Last Temptation of Homer"
  • The Al Gore character in South Park's "Manbearpig" episode
  • A worm in the Adventure Time episode "The Real You"
  • "Excelsior", the characteristic sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott (radio host)
  • "Excelsior, you fathead", the full catchphrase of radio personality Jean Shepherd

Sports and games

  • Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd
  • Excelsior Mouscron, a Belgian association football club
  • SBV Excelsior, a Dutch association football club
  • Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club
  • SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club
  • Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club

Science and technology

  • Wood wool, commonly known as excelsior, a wood sliver material used for packaging, for the pads in evaporative coolers, and for other applications
  • Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s
  • Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
  • Fraxinus excelsior, the Linnaean name for the European Ash tree
  • Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank
  • Excelsior JET, a Java compiler
  • IAR-111 Excelsior, a Romanian high-altitude airplane, used for launching space rockets (in development)
  • St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft

Companies, organizations and institutions

Places

South Africa

United States

Other

  • Excelsior Brigade, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War
  • Excelsior Editions, a trade imprint of the book publisher SUNY Press
  • Excelsior Recordings, an independent record label from the Netherlands
  • XCELSIOR, a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries

See also

  • All pages beginning with "Excelsior"
  • All pages with titles containing "Excelsior"
  • Excel (disambiguation)

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