I can scare many people, I'm quite friendly with sin
In fact, he and I are practically twins
I'm the opposite of dry, if you'll pardon my French
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In fact, he and I are practically twins
I'm the opposite of dry, if you'll pardon my French
Want a loan? You might need my help
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cosine
I can scare many people, I'm quite friendly with sin
In fact, he and I are practically twins
Referencing how math can scare people, and sin/cosine
I'm the opposite of dry, if you'll pardon my French
Referring to sec, the French word for dry. (Thanks, Mike M.!)
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Wordplay on cosine with cosign.
cos, the mathematical (trigonometric) function that's the ratio of the adjacent side of a right triangle to its hypotenuse.
friendly with sin. In fact, we're practically twins
You mean $\sin$, the ratio of the triangle's opposite to its hypotenuse. They're twins in the sense that $\sin(x+\frac{\pi}{2}) = \cos(x)$
I'm the opposite of dry, if you'll pardon my French
Dry means "sec" in French, which is the multiplicative inverse of cos.
Want a loan? You might need my help
I'm not sure about this one, but I'm guessing that has to do with how the money you have increases when you get a loan, but it's bound to decrease after some time when you pay it, similar to how the value of the cos function goes from 1 to 0 again with time.