Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Plural form of con.
- n. A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
- v. To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of con.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An abbreviation of Constable
- n. of Constitution
- n. [lowercase] of consonant
- n. of consul.
Etymologies
Examples
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What are the pros and cons of grandmother's raising grand babies? cons~ they grow up with an old woman maybe using slang laungage.
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Le dîner de cons is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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The beauty of many long cons is that the sucker thinks they're getting away with more for less.
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Many people raise cases like that as an example of how a ban on voting for ex-cons is bad public policy — I recruited a reformed gangbanger once to do voting registration radio spots, so I know from this one.
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One of the cons is that Americans hate it -- we would much rather be able to self-refer to a specialist rather than have to go through a managed-care process.
Why No Electronic Medical Records?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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To me, the best thing about cons is the people you meet and the friends you make.
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One of the criticisms routinely leveled at certain media cons is that they over-invite guests in an effort to bolster preregistration sales, then when the con arrives many of the expected guests have canceled for "personal reasons."
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AK: Seriously, the amazing wonderful thing about these cons is that you really don't have to choose.
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The difference between the conservatives and the neo-cons is that the conservatives have not de-evolved entirely back into chimpanzees … Not until November 8th anyway.
Think Progress » House Conservatives Endorse Direct, Unconditional Talks With Iran
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Infact, I think the reason we have neo-cons, is because Faux News tell conservatives what to think while they are drunk.
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