X is a literary device which is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
For example, the line, "He's a real Romeo" would be an x toward Shakespeare's eternal play.
The literary device X is picked up from the word which shares a similar pronunciation, notwithstanding the trade off of a few consonants.
This root word originates from Latin for toward, ie, "ad", and Latin for to play, or "lude", which finally compounded to create the english word we know today which means to "suggest something" or "hint at something".
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