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8. As a writer, I think of such things continually.

Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:17 AM

Jul 2017

To my ear the second, "Conman-iac," sounds best and I think its stress on the grifter, then showing that to be pathological with "-iac" gives the joke a rise at the end, toward something of greater significance. (I usually don't articulate such decisions. They are intuitive. But just because they are intuitive doesn't mean they don't have a deep logic working in the background.)

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work - work - work Laf.La.Dem. Jul 2017 #1

I started a thread called something like Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #2

Just caught the J Epstein reference! Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #3

You sound like you've been reading my mail, as they say. skip fox Jul 2017 #4

Sometimes that hellish feeling is worse, like when I'm literally stopped dead Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #5

Conmaniac Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #6

As a writer, I think of such things continually. skip fox Jul 2017 #8

How about no hyphen? Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #9

It might well work without a hyphen. skip fox Jul 2017 #10

Readersss? Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #12

People read your posts, don't they? skip fox Jul 2017 #13

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Let's see... 23---to 24----25....hey I think it's gonna be a train underpants Jul 2017 #11

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