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