New Definition of Loan Shark
Loan Sharks
Old definition:
A loan shark is a scumbag who charges the poor obscenely high rates of interest.
New definition:
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A loan shark is a scumbag who charges the poor obscenely low rates of interest.
Source: Marginal Revolution
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