Sentence examples for actually a reference to from inspiring English sources

(Did you know that this is actually a reference to giving AN ACTUAL HORSE AS A PRESENT? Apparently if you were given the horse and looked at it's teeth, you would be checking for it's age because horse's gums receded as they mature. Thank me later when you throw that little tidbit out at Christmas dinner).

Although the term "Giffen good" is mentioned in a direct quotation, this is actually a reference to Veblen good.

And even beyond the name — actually a reference to the Santa Monica street some members grew up on, not the university, but still — it's easy to see why.

Not to be confused with the "Cardinals," the Stanford nickname is actually a reference to one of the university's colors, cardinal red.

If we don't we'll die!" Then a passenger yelled, "Roll it!" This phrase, some aviation experts have speculated, was actually a reference to a food cart being used as a battering ram.

The reality TV star found herself accused of insulting the hugely popular Pope when her "Pope is dope"  tweet was apparently misinterpreted by a horrified reporter at Primicias Ya, who seemed to believe 'dope' was actually a reference to drugs.

"We don't know who actually did [the vandalism], but because it actually made a reference to anti-white art or anti-white, it's basically saying that it's a hate crime based on that," Det.

None will adequately explain Obama's torpor when, at the debate, Romney actually made a reference to his own accountant, a ball that came in low and slow over the plate, practically begging Obama to knock it out of the park.

He said in an interview with Bloomberg News that he believed that Mr. Breivik's remarks about the Norway cells might have actually been a reference to two other individuals, and that it was "unlikely that they would have the determination and the funding and the time — he has been planning this for a long time".

The cold opening for the episode features Andy showing the office various sports bloopers that he edited to make look funnier than they actually are, a reference to the popular "Fail" internet memes.

Examining the items in this scale it is striking that none of the items actually posses a reference to pain intensity.