Name
Name verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Usage example: I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio
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Naming tropes after a character or quote from their favorite work, without realizing that people unfamiliar with the work will not understand the trope name or quote, or without realizing that most people on the planet are in fact unfamiliar with that work.
Source: Fan Myopia -
The Order of the Stick: On the Origin of PCs'' provides the page quote and the name.
Source: A Tankard of Moose Urine -
Shout-Out: The page quote and the name of the ship being Venus are references to an old Bawdy Song called "Good Ship Venus (Friggin' in the Riggin')".
Source: Film / Carry On Jack
Cite this Source
Quote and Name. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/name/quote
Name & Quote. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/name/quote>.
Quote or Name. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/name/quote.
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