I came across The Deb's Dictionary, first published in 1931, reissued (with "minor modifications") in 2007.
Sample entries for the letter A:
- Abash - To shock people, formerly done without difficulty, today almost an impossibility.
- Adamant - A mineral substance not so hard as a woman's will and softer than a woman's won't.
- Alas! - Early Victorian for Oh, hell!
- Art - a nature hater's appreciation of nature.
Hmmm, makes me want to find an original issue and see what the mods were.
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