A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DMS

Sun, 12 Oct '25
Insta chats
Mon, 22 Sep '25
Private online chats, for short
Fri, 15 Aug '25
Hits up, as on TikTok
Thu, 27 Feb '25
X-communicates?
Mon, 6 Jan '25
Chats with on Insta
Thu, 12 Dec '24
Hits up on Instagram, for short
Sun, 1 Dec '24
X exchanges, for short
Sun, 11 Aug '24
Contacts on Instagram, informally
Thu, 28 Dec '23
Private chats on social media, for short
Thu, 30 Mar '23
Hits up privately, in Twitter-speak
Sun, 13 Nov '22
Contacts via Instagram, informally
Thu, 16 Jun '22
Leads, as a D&D campaign
Sun, 1 May '22
Chats over Twitter, for short
Tue, 2 Nov '21
Private conversations on Twitter, for short
Wed, 16 Jun '21
Private Instagram exchanges, briefly
Sun, 16 May '21
Chats over Twitter, briefly