Usury

“Dude, I’m so sorry”
“USURY?!?! U SHULD B RLLY SURRRY!”

Not so far from the truth. Usury is lending money at a stupid-high interest rate, or potentially illegally-high interest rate. Usury was made famous by the one-and-only King Henry VIII (the 8th—yeah the super horrible one, go figure). Loaning money at a high interest rate usually puts the borrower in a pickle since they can’t pay the loan plus interest back. By having people always indebted to him, King Henry VIII had leverage over these people. Not cool, man.

PSA: Don’t be sorry. Don’t fall for usury.