FACTOID # 157: No winter olympic medals have ever been won by African or South American countries.
 
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It is ironic that the prefix definition of "con" is antonymous with the adverb definition. Look up prefix on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A pot of chili with beans Not quite a soup, Chili con carne (or simply chili) is a spicy stew-like dish, the essential ingredients of which are beef, pork, venison, or other mature meat, and chile peppers. ... For more background on this topic, see languages of Hong Kong. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A confidence trick, confidence game, also known as a con or scam, is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ... Convention has at least two very distinct but related meanings. ... An adverb is a part of speech that usually serves to modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, clauses, and sentences. ... Con is a television series on Comedy Central in which con artist Skyler Stone reveals the secrets of his profession by performing confidence tricks, scams, and hoaxes of various degrees of complexity on camera. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. ... The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that confer about a certain topic. ... A conning tower was an armoured observation post on a warship from where the vessel was controlled during a battle. ...


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con - definition of con in Encyclopedia (166 words)
Con is an apocopation of 'confidence trick', which is a scam pulled off by a 'con man'.
Con is an apocopation of "convict", as in "ex-con".
It is ironic that the prefix definition of "con" is antonymous with the adverb definition.
Con - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (225 words)
Con is the name of a television series on Comedy Central.
Con was a state located in what is now Burkina Faso.
Con is a verb meaning to steer (a ship) by giving instructions to the helmsman.
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