Magnum XL-200

well when you go to a store and you see XL on the tag of a shirt, that obviously means extra large. So I am led to believe that the XL stands for extra large.

I've figured since kindergarden that it was "excel" since it was the first to excel 200 feet.

I really do think that "excel" is more likely the intent.

Of course, the multiple meaning is great marketing since it gets people talking.

Alright... First of all, it "EXCEEDS" 200 feet, not "excells" 200. "Excell" doesn't mean to surpass something. You don't excell something, you excell AT something. For instance, you might excell at math or playing Roller Coaster Tycoon or something. It's the verb form of "excellent." Unfortunately, most here don't excell at grammar or proper word usage. So throw "Magnum Excell 200" out because it doesn't work. "Magnum Excellent 200" makes sense, it's an excellent coaster. But it doesn't "excellent 200 feet." Does that make sense?

I'd have figured Jeff would've jumped all over that by now. If I didn't know better I'd think he was an English professor the way he always corrects people.. ;) *** Edited 12/22/2004 5:46:42 AM UTC by Shane Denmark***

Shane,

From dictionary.com's defintion of excel:

ex·cel ( P ) Pronunciation Key

(k-sl)
v. ex·celled, ex·cel·ling, ex·cels
v. tr. To do or be better than; surpass.

v. intr. To show superiority; surpass others.

Shane Denmark said:
Alright... First of all, it "EXCEEDS" 200 feet, not "excells" 200. "Excell" doesn't mean to surpass something. You don't excell something, you excell AT something. For instance, you might excell at math or playing Roller Coaster Tycoon or something. It's the verb form of "excellent." Unfortunately, most here don't excell at grammar or proper word usage. So throw "Magnum Excell 200" out because it doesn't work. "Magnum Excellent 200" makes sense, it's an excellent coaster. But it doesn't "excellent 200 feet." Does that make sense?

I'd have figured Jeff would've jumped all over that by now. If I didn't know better I'd think he was an English professor the way he always corrects people.. ;) *** Edited 12/22/2004 5:46:42 AM UTC by Shane Denmark***

Quoting the whole post only because I have a feeling it won't be around too much longer and this is a foot-in-mouth moment if I've ever seen one.

So, based on the above definition of "excel" we get Magnum Does Better Than 200 (feet) and Magnum Surpasses 200 (feet). Make sense, or should I continue to misspell the word I'm arguing about and use definitions that don't exist? ;) *** Edited 12/22/2004 1:58:42 PM UTC by Michael Darling***

CP, I wasn't going for accurate or serious but more for humorous, so even if only one person out there got the smallest hint of a smile from it then mission accomplished.

On a serious note (since apparently cracking jokes about Magnum is against the rules or something), I always thought of it as Xtra Large. As in "Magnum, the Xtra Large 200 foot coaster)

I may not have said it but I found your coment quite humorous Jugga. And amusement parks don't always go for the absolute correct english dictionary definition of things. Oh I don't know maXair? How many rules is this breaking?

Isn't XL-200 Dick Kinzel's shoe size? Oh wait, that's something else.

Maybe Kinzel met bigfoot one day at Cedar Point State Park (where the 12E comes from) and Bigfoot told him what his shoe and shirt was. ;)

It's pretty obvious to me the XL means Extra Large, like in a XL T-shirt.

Also, I've never heard of a "Trogan" condom, but I do think "Trojan" Yachts are kind of suspect! :)