Now, literally speaking, "con" in congress refers to congregation, for the opposite of progress is regress. Unfortunately, many times congress does seem to be the opposite of progress, even if it may not be so in the meaning of the word.
I believe this joke had been independently invented by many people (Great Minds Think Alike)
Although "pro" often means the opposite of "con," the opposite of progress is either regression or stagnation (no progress).
The observation that the (US) Congress is often seen as impeding progress might be applied to the level of its conservatism, or the fact that it often does the wrong thing for the wrong reason. There is no authoritative attribution to this humorous semantic observation, but many people feel it is true, at least some of the time.
(This is the opposite of the actual joke about Congress. See the related question.)
If it means what is going on now, you would have to say yes.
Congress.
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Straight Latin; pro; for, in agreement. Con; against, disagreement.
Pro is short for Professional. Pro is the opposite of Noob.
Con- Against (This is incorrect... Contra- means against) Con- With or Together (from Latin) The common misconception is that Con (like in Pro or Con) is the same as the word prefix con-. A Con is a negative side to a point, or argument, and a Pro is an affirming side to the same point, or argument. These are two totally different uses of the three letters "con" with totally opposite meanings. The prefix means "With" and the stand-alone word means "Against." Be careful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the only way I knew how to comment... Sorry... Anyways, This is the only place that doesn't say it means against, but from Latin, clud, or clus, the root word, means to shut out. This wouldn't make sense with the word conclude, which, by this definition, means: to shut out together. Please help?
'Pro' is not an abbreviation of anything. 'Con' is an abbreviation of 'contra'. 'Pro' and 'contra' are Latin for 'for' and 'against'.
The joke is that, since pro- is opposite of con-, congress is the opposite of progress. Except for this, there is no antonym.
A congressman. It is memorable because CON is the opposite of PRO, and some feel congress is the opposite of progress.
Technically "congress" means the coming together or meeting. It's a meeting of the representatives of different congressional districts around the nation. "If the opposite of PRO is CON, is the opposite of PROGRESS, CONGRESS?
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Noob Amateur or con
O.K. analyze it; what does "pro" mean? It means good right. What is the opposite of "pro"? it's "con", meaning bad or against (contraband, convict, etc). So i ask you, What's the opposite of progress? think about it. if you like this answer please recommend me vvvvvvv thankyou
In the words of George Carlin as he asked "if progress is moving ahead what is congress?" miss ya George
it is a debate An occasion for pro and con is: debate
the difference between a pro and a con is that a pro is the good thing and a con is the bad thing about htte problem.
Straight Latin; pro; for, in agreement. Con; against, disagreement.
Because in a country so diverse, it is virtually impossible to please everyone. This therefore creates many problems with the government and the people. Everything takes forever to happen. The American system is more or less to stop change, but create it at the same time. There's this cliché joke. The opposite of pro is con, and the opposite of progress is congress.
The prefix for progress is "pro-."