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	{{a\|dictionary\|{{subtable\|<categorytree mode="pages" namespaces="Main">Dictionary</categorytree>}}}}Splendid American wag [[Amrose Bierce]] published, to great acclaim, a {{br\|Devil’s Dictionary}} a ~~huindred~~ years or so ago, thus inaugurating a fine tradition of subversive glossaries: {{author\|Douglas Adams}} and John Lloyd’s {{br\|The Deeper Meaning of Liff}} being one, and the online ''[https://www.~~scribd~~.com/~~document/446911590/DEVIL-S-DERIVATIVES-DICTIONARY-A-E~~ Devil’s Derivatives Dictionary] being another. ~~Here~~ is our contribution to the tradition.		{{a\|dictionary\|{{subtable\|<categorytree mode="pages" namespaces="Main">Dictionary</categorytree>}}}}Splendid American wag [[Amrose Bierce]] published, to great acclaim, a {{br\|Devil’s Dictionary}} a hundred years or so ago, thus inaugurating a fine tradition of subversive glossaries: {{author\|Douglas Adams}} and John Lloyd’s {{br\|The Deeper Meaning of Liff}} being one, and the online ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329201423/http://www.margrabe.com/ Devil’s Derivatives Dictionary] — dating back to 2001 — being another. It has been put out to pasture now, and since, the world of finance has moved on in 20 years, here is our contribution to the venerable tradition.