A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ISH

Sat, 25 Feb '23
Thereabouts
Sun, 4 Dec '22
Ending with book or boor
Thu, 24 Nov '22
To a certain extent
Sat, 22 Oct '22
"Kind of" suffix
Tue, 9 Aug '22
Sorta
Sun, 24 Jul '22
Suffix with fool or fiend
Sat, 4 Jun '22
Sort of
Sun, 22 May '22
Sorta
Thu, 12 May '22
"Kinda sorta"
Sun, 1 May '22
Sorta
Sun, 10 Apr '22
-esque
Fri, 8 Apr '22
Ending with freak or fool
Fri, 1 Apr '22
Suffix with bull or bear
Sun, 13 Mar '22
Ending with bear or bull
Sun, 6 Mar '22
"Or so"
Fri, 24 Dec '21
"Black" follower
Sun, 31 Oct '21
Kinda
Tue, 5 Oct '21
"Sorta"
Mon, 16 Aug '21
" ... or thereabouts"
Mon, 26 Jul '21
Sorta
Tue, 13 Jul '21
Kinda-sorta: Suffix
Mon, 26 Apr '21
"About"
Fri, 9 Apr '21
"Eh, give or take"
Wed, 10 Mar '21
"Kinda"
Sun, 7 Mar '21
"Kinda sorta"