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Magic by Any Other Name playing with

Basic Trope: A system is obviously supposed to be the in universe equivalent of magic, but isn't called 'magic'.
 * Straight: In the world of Tropelandia, the magic system is called Casting.
 * Exaggerated: In Tropelandia, mentioning the word 'magic' results in jail time and a $500 fine.
 * Downplayed: In Tropelandia, there are two magic systems: the regular magic and Casting.
 * Justified: Magic is the first iteration of the system in Tropelandia, and Casting was created to polish the existing system.
 * Inverted: Everything is called magic regardless of its function.
 * Subverted: Bob the Wizard, while creating his spell casting system, calls it a number of different things like Mana, Abilities, and Gifts, before finally settling on... magic.
 * Double Subverted: ...Then Bob settled on the name Casting.
 * Parodied: Genre Savvy Alice keeps calling the system magic, but Bob insists that it's called Casting.
 * Zig Zagged: There are ten different systems in Tropelandia which can qualify as magic. Three of them are straight up called magic, one is called Casting, another one Projection.
 * Averted: The system in Tropelandia is simply called magic.
 * Enforced: "Magic is such a lame word. Let's try something new!"
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Invoked: Bob, while creating his latest magic system, decides to name it Casting.
 * Exploited: Knowing Bob's intentions, [Big_Bad|Big Bad] Emperor Evulz puts a curse on the word Casting.
 * Defied: While Bob is creating his system, Alice bursts into his room and demands that he call his system Magic to avoid confusion.
 * Discussed: "Magic is such a boring phrase and I'll come up with a much more creative word"
 * Conversed: "Why can't just these guys call their system Casting for simplicity's sake?"