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con
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n. [from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of
conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others
imported from SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even by hackers who aren't
fan s. We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met
face-to-face at a con.