The term alludes to the affluent Melbourne suburb of Toorak and was used at least as early as the late 1980s.

The term is a variant of 'fishing', probably influenced by 'phreaking', and alludes to baits used to "catch" financial information and passwords.

The idiom "on a first-name basis" (or "on first-name terms") alludes to the familiarity of addressing another by a given name.

The term alludes to the "Redan" type of fortification.

This latter term alludes to valuation rings, which are by definition commutative, uniserial domains.

This term alludes to the process of loading passengers onto a commercial airliner.

The term Tsunki can also be translated as meaning the first shaman and is frequently alluded to in shamanic songs.

At its inception, the term was alluding to the ongoing convergence of the internet, mobile communications, always-on connectivity, sensors and advanced human-computer interaction.

The term alludes to one of Pullum's example template phrases: