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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread more about imbroglio #5744 08/27/2000 3:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... This is my week! I cannot help myself : I have to add the more used meaning of "imbroglio" ( last word in AWAD) Imbroglio means also "fraud", mostly against some simple-minded people. Do you remember "Paper Moon"? The man there was a perfect example of "imbroglione". Ciao Emanuela Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more about imbroglio #5745 08/27/2000 4:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky We salute you this week even more than usual, Emanuela! Thank you for that enlightenment. A term here that would fit this description also is "con artist", or just con. A con artist runs a con game. But now, a new question occurs! I can't remember what word con comes from. Folks...? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more about imbroglio #5746 08/27/2000 5:58 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass confidence Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more about imbroglio #5747 08/30/2000 3:09 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 The full title used to be "confidence trickster" But "con" is also used, in a slightly different context, as an abbreviation of "convict", especially by the police, prison officers and the convicted persons themselves. When you are "on the out" (i.e., released from prison) you become and "ex-con." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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