I don't think names of cons are supposed to be "good" in that way. They aren't meant to be super intuitive. They aren't supposed to be obvious to anyone but con

I don't think names of cons are supposed to be "good" in that way. They aren't meant to be super intuitive. They aren't supposed to be obvious to anyone but con men. It's security through obscurity, in a way. It's a way to talk about something without outright snitching on yourself. That's why phone calls in mafia movies sound something like "Take care of that friend of ours, yeah, the chicken man". I also think it is good that normal people are hip to this sort of slang, in case they run into it. On a similar note, a "badger game" has nothing to do with Wisconsin.