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* In ''[[Super Stories]]'', the narrator Veldron refers to such people as superhumans, but this may not be universal—the superpowered police force is called the Metapatrol, for instance.
* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', the official, scientific term for superhumans is "meta-powered humans". But outside of the scientific journals, you'll generally never encounter the term. Most people just call them "supers".
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130531110441/http://www.ironrodstudio.com/sites/omega/default.asp Omega Universe] calls them ... well, omegas.
* The [[Academy of Superheroes|''ASH'' universe]] refers to the most powerful as Supernaturals and the lesser lights as Supernormals.
* ''[[Destine Enormity]]'' uses the phrase "Power Users," although its opposite term, "Normals," is more commonly used. They rarely need to talk about Power Users, in much the same way that fish rarely need to talk about water.
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