A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OTOH

Wed, 27 Mar '24
"But then again …," to a texter
Sun, 17 Mar '24
Short hedge?
Sun, 27 Aug '23
"But then again …," in a text
Mon, 8 May '23
Texter's "Then again …"
Thu, 13 Apr '23
"And yet …" in a text
Thu, 23 Feb '23
Conversely, in a text
Sun, 9 Oct '22
"Then again ...," in a tweet
Thu, 29 Sep '22
Tweeter's "That said …"
Sun, 5 Jun '22
Text-writer's segue
Mon, 9 May '22
Tweeter's "alternatively"
Mon, 4 Apr '22
Alternatively, in a text
Sun, 23 May '21
Texter's "Then again ..."
Sun, 2 May '21
Conversely, in brief
Sat, 13 Feb '21
Texted lead-in to an alternative