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congoer en · NOUN

Etymology

From con + goer.

Meanings

1. (slang) An attendee at a convention.
   • I was riding up in one of the Hilton's elevators, and one of the yuppies taking his date up to the top-floor restaurant instigated the standard congoer-to-mundane conversation, asking what kind of event all these oddballs were partaking in. 1986 Autumn, Richard Brandt, Light in the Bushel, number 2, page 1:
   • Con committees attempt to get public money rather than be funded out of the congoer's pocket. 1994, Joseph L. Sanders, Science Fiction Fandom, →ISBN, page 120:
   • 'Tis more than likely, were fen to know their work on behalf of the con-goer was appreciated, there might not be so much in evidence the reluctance to take on the duties of a committee. 1960 February, Profanity, number 7, page 33:

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