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What does Icculuss (could be spelled Icculus) mean?

Question #99838. Asked by oviphagy.

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Joseph William Kittinger II (born July 27, 1928) is a former pilot and career military officer in the United States Air Force. He is most famous for his participation in Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior and as being the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon.

Nickname: Icculuss

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

Oct 01 2008, 12:59 PM
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Ryan C. Gordon (also known as Icculus) is a former Loki Software employee, now responsible for icculus.org, which hosts many Loki Software projects, as well new projects by himself and others.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_C._Gordon

No dictionaries that I could find (hard copy or online) give any meaning for the word under either spelling.

Oct 01 2008, 2:26 PM
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I don't know exactly "what it means," but upon inquiring, got this response from Ryan C. Gordon:


> Just wondering what "icculus" means.

It's a reference to a character in a concept album by the band Phish.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Stepped_Into_Yesterday

--ryan.

The title is down at the bottom of the page he links to and is clickable.

Oct 02 2008, 5:49 PM
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