Surreal

Surreal

[
cow with antlers standing on a pole.] Surreal in general means bizarre or dreamlike. It may refer to any of the following:
* Surrealism, a movement in philosophy and art
* Surreal humour, a common aspect of humor
* Surreal numbers, a superset of the real numbers in mathematics
* "The Surreal Life", an American celebrity reality television series
* Surreal, the name of a Nintendo 64 emulator for the Xbox
* "Surreal" (song), a song by Ayumi Hamasaki
* Surreal Software, an American video game studio.


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