A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACES

Sun, 7 Apr '24
What "American Airlines" means in poker lingo
Thu, 18 Jan '24
Really cool, in dated slang
Sun, 14 Jan '24
Top pair
Sun, 12 Nov '23
Serves right?
Wed, 10 May '23
Good hole cards in Texas hold 'em
Tue, 11 Apr '23
"Pocket rockets," in poker
Tue, 31 Jan '23
Scores 100 on
Sat, 21 Jan '23
Top-notch
Mon, 7 Nov '22
Cards worth 1 or 11 in blackjack
Fri, 4 Nov '22
Nails
Tue, 18 Oct '22
High or low cards
Sat, 24 Sep '22
Rare golf shots
Mon, 19 Sep '22
Prized blackjack cards
Sat, 10 Sep '22
Primo
Fri, 5 Aug '22
Top-notch
Wed, 6 Jul '22
Best four-of-a-kind
Thu, 19 May '22
Super-duper
Tue, 3 May '22
Terrific, in slang
Fri, 11 Jun '21
Las Vegas W.N.B.A. team
Thu, 20 May '21
Super-duper
Sun, 14 Mar '21
Super-duper
Tue, 9 Mar '21
"Pocket rockets," in poker
Sun, 10 Jan '21
Pocket rockets, in poker