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minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up138·2 days agoOP just learned what the ‘con’ in ‘con man’ is short for.
minus-squareinkzombie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 hours agoOne day someone will have this same reaction to the word “rizz”
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·1 day agoI’d be funny if he were, but no. “Con man” really is short for “confidence man.” It’s not actually about the scammer ‘being confident,’ though; it’s about the scammer winning the mark’s trust.
OP just learned what the ‘con’ in ‘con man’ is short for.
Funnier in french
Are you shitting me right now?
One day someone will have this same reaction to the word “rizz”
I’d be funny if he were, but no. “Con man” really is short for “confidence man.”
It’s not actually about the scammer ‘being confident,’ though; it’s about the scammer winning the mark’s trust.