There's a completely unironic obituary linked from the LA Times from 1994, which...

		sverhagen 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text... There's a completely unironic obituary linked from the LA Times from 1994, which makes me wonder if the scandalous meaning even existed yet in those days?

Well it started with smartphones, so no.