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  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Shyster is a term widely used for unethical lawyers of any race. Shylock is a term for an unethical Jewish moneylender, from Shakespeare, you know.
     
    red55, Dec 6, 2012
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  2. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

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    Hmm. Wonder if it'd be Scheister.
     
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  3. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Or "scheisser" . . . German: the act of taking a dump on someone.
     
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  4. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

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    living in south florida, its mainly directed at jewish lawyers.
     
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  5. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    i do know, i googled it even before you did
     
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  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    I am omniscient, foolish boy.
     
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  7. mobius481

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    I read up on it too. Looks like it's etymology was essentially german as Red indicated but through general assumption of being a racial slur, it kind of became one. Kind of like the term "niggardly."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_"niggardly"
     
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  8. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    What people seem to ignore is that a slur is not a slur when not intended to be slur. I doubt the shyster was meant to be racist.
     
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  9. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Yes, but it exposed a chink in their armor.
     
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  10. LSUMASTERMIND

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    sometimes you take yourself too seriously, enjoy yourself
     
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