A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SRSLY

Mon, 7 Oct '24
"r u 4 real?"
Fri, 5 Jul '24
Texter's "For real?"
Wed, 12 Oct '22
"ur joking, right?!"
Sun, 31 Jul '22
"r u 4 real?"
Sat, 7 May '22
"4 real?!?"
Tue, 5 Oct '21
"Really?," in textspeak