reference bouncing

When writing a literature review and the pile of journal articles to read never gets smaller due to finding a new relevant reference in the journal that now also needs reading

If I don't stop reference bouncing, I'm never going to finish this lit review!

couple-culture reference

When someone brings up a previous entry in that personal, tiny subculture of jokes, observations, awesome one-liners and general ideas that is borne of any two people. Such cultures can be linked by more than two people but are not nearly as intimate.

proper couple-culture reference

A: Hey B, x?
B: Haha, x! Good times.

improper couple-culture reference

C: GUYS
B+A: yes?
C: x x x x x x x
B+A: lol

Nazotoki reference

When a detective has only one arm, refers to a case as a riddle, or that detective plays/enjoys piano.

Based around the songs Nazotoki (Riddle Solving) and Nazokake by Hinata Haruhana, in which the character Len is a one-armed detective who played the piano.

Person A: “Yo man, didn’t the Shuichi dude from Danganronpa have a thing for that one piano lady?”
Person B: “A detective and a piano player? Combine the two, and that’s Nazotoki Len for you!”
Person A: “Damn, is that a Nazotoki reference or something?”