A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GENT

Sun, 12 Oct '25
Bloke
Tue, 29 Apr '25
Decent chap
Tue, 10 Dec '24
Chap
Sat, 27 Jul '24
Old-fashioned man
Wed, 21 Feb '24
Fellow
Wed, 7 Jun '23
Chap
Mon, 10 Apr '23
Fellow
Sun, 27 Nov '22
Chap
Sun, 20 Nov '22
Bloke
Tue, 25 Oct '22
Fellow, informally
Thu, 1 Sep '22
Fellow
Fri, 11 Mar '22
He's no scoundrel
Wed, 26 May '21
Courteous chap