Con and Tease

Con

Con verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Usage example: tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery

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Tease and con are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tease" instead a verb "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

Tease verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.

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Con and tease are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead a verb "Tease".

Nearby Words: teasing, teased, teaser, teasel

person	con person	tease person
friend	con friend	tease friend
character	con character	tease character
people	con people	tease people
Other words: way, twilight, sister, kids, friends, fans.

Prison Rape: Luis is an ex-con and his friends tease him about it mercilessly, especially since he now works for Gay Tony.

Source: Video Game / Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Seddie is used directly in the episode iStart A Fan War, which features in-story iCarly fans warring over their favorite ships at a con (along with an infamous Ship Tease).

Source: Portmanteau Couple Name
Given the creators' awareness of their fanbase's tendencies and the ship-tease short they put together for Comic-Con, the odds of this being unintentional are approximately zero.

Source: Ship To Ship Combat / Western Animation

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