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Governor Charlie Crist signed legislation today removing the words “shylock” and “shylocking” from the state’s law books. The words originated with Shakespeare and were used to denote Jewish money lenders. The measure was championed by Jewish members of the legislature who found the words offensive.

“It’s an insulting word and why you would put an insulting word in a Florida statute is beyond me,” Rep. Richard Steinberg (D-Miami) said. “When it came to our attention that it was in there, it was certainly time to take it out.”

In signing the legislation, the governor also indicated he might be willing to veto legislation depicting the crusification of Crist on license plates because it could be offensive to non Christians.