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  • Con is an alternate spelling for the god Kon in Inca mythology,
  • Con is an apocopation of 'confidence trick', which is a scam pulled off by a 'con man'.
  • Con is an apocopation of convention. Used primarily in the titles of the conventions.
  • Con is an apocopation of "convict", as in "ex-con".
  • Con is an adverb meaning "against" (short for Latin "contra")
  • Con is a variant on the Latin prefix "com", meaning "with" or "together"
  • In Spanish, con is the word for with, and as such appears in some Spanish borrowings such as "chili con carne".
  • Con is the name of a television show on Comedy Central.

It is ironic that the prefix definition of "con" is antonymous with the adverb definition.








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