A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SLUR

Sun, 7 Apr '24
Curved line between musical notes
Sat, 2 Mar '24
Talk trashed?
Fri, 19 Jan '24
Symbol on a score
Thu, 29 Jun '23
Fail to articulate, in a way
Wed, 10 May '23
Offensive line?
Fri, 22 Jul '22
Line in music
Sun, 27 Mar '22
"You no-good dog," e.g.
Wed, 23 Mar '22
Curved line over a series of notes, in sheet music
Mon, 22 Nov '21
Shpeak indishtinctly
Sat, 9 Oct '21
Arc-shaped musical notation
Sun, 16 May '21
Arc on a music score
Thu, 1 Apr '21
Talk like a tippler