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Name-dropping for the well-read, where saying less means knowing more.
means A brief, indirect reference to a person, event, or work the reader is trusted to recognize.
from From Latin alludere, to play or jest beside — a wink built into the verb itself.
Not illusionOne references, the other deceives entirely.
Trust requiredFails instantly if the reader misses it.
Literary fuelEliot footnoted his because nobody got them.