A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OTOH

Sun, 19 May '24
"Then again ...," in text messages
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