A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DIED

Sun, 30 Mar '25
Broke down
Wed, 23 Oct '24
Ran out of battery
Sun, 25 Aug '24
Ran out of juice
Mon, 6 May '24
Ran out of battery
Thu, 15 Feb '24
Powered down, in a way
Mon, 22 Jan '24
Went kaput, as a battery
Tue, 1 Nov '22
Fizzled out
Sat, 24 Sep '22
Laughed and laughed and laughed
Mon, 15 Nov '21
Ran out of battery
Fri, 11 Jun '21
"I literally ___" (millennial's overstatement)
Thu, 21 Jan '21
Fell off, as laughter