The original term was a "confidence man," someone who wriggled into your confidence and then scammed you. This was shortened to a "con-man." But "con" can be shot for conference as well as confidence.
Good guess! But, the "con" in "con artist" is short for "confidence". There was a scam where the victim would pay for something up front, "as a token of confidence". Of course, the scammer would keep the money and run away. These scammers were called "confidence men".
Con artist comes from the older term “confidence man” as they would gain the confidence of a mark in order to take their money in some way shape or form.
A "con" can be short for "convention" like a comics or anime or games convention where artists would have a table and sell their art and goodies => a con artist = an artist at a convention
A con is also synonym for a scam and people who do cons are called con artists => a con artist = a scammer
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And I can't check over at twitter to see if there is information indicating that this is actually your account lol. ;-;
If a con artist is a scam, a con cosplayer is also a scam?
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(I only didn't stop because my kid dragged me on!)
A con is also synonym for a scam and people who do cons are called con artists => a con artist = a scammer
I do fanart and illustrations
I'm again begging for everyone's attention but now on a different social network hahaha
To promote the profile I will be RAFFLING a ✨PERSONALIZED FANART✨ to those who follow when it reaches 1k
(Support me there, I need to feed my cat🥺)