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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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* PlayStation One (also known as PS1 or the [[Updated Rerelease]] PSOne) |
* PlayStation One (also known as PS1 or the [[Updated Rerelease]] PSOne) |
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** An inversion: the original PlayStation was once commonly referred by the gaming media as the PSX, a holdover from its development days back when it was called the "PlayStation X". Sony later used the PSX name for a DVD-R recorder that played [[Play Station 1]] and [[ |
** An inversion: the original PlayStation was once commonly referred by the gaming media as the PSX, a holdover from its development days back when it was called the "PlayStation X". Sony later used the PSX name for a DVD-R recorder that played [[Play Station 1]] and [[PlayStation 2]] games, much to the confusion of people who still used the PSX abbreviation when referring to the original PlayStation. |
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* The first two [[Super Bowl|Super Bowls]] were known at the time as the AFL-NFL Championship Game. The catchier name came about when one of the team owners saw his child playing with a rubber toy called a [[Line-of-Sight Name|Super Ball]]. |
* The first two [[Super Bowl|Super Bowls]] were known at the time as the AFL-NFL Championship Game. The catchier name came about when one of the team owners saw his child playing with a rubber toy called a [[Line-of-Sight Name|Super Ball]]. |
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* Acoustic guitar (only called such after the electric kind was invented) |
* Acoustic guitar (only called such after the electric kind was invented) |