# Is 'shylocking' a racist/dirty word?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shylocking-a-racist-dirty-word/400549 "2007-04-18T00:52:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shylocking-a-racist-dirty-word/400549/21 "2007-04-21T12:09:31Z")

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[QUOTE=H3Knuckles]  
Not really my place, but I’m pretty sure he was saying that being called a shylock would not be as much of an insult as being called a kike, but that it would still provoke a pretty strong reaction.  
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You’d think I could read better. It must have been the “medicine” I was taking. Yeah, that’s it. The medicine. 🙂

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