A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

KIR

Wed, 3 May '23
French wine cocktail
Sun, 5 Feb '23
White wine aperitif
Sun, 25 Dec '22
Wine cocktail
Tue, 22 Nov '22
Cassis cocktail
Thu, 16 Jun '22
Cassis cocktail
Thu, 28 Oct '21
White wine aperitif
Thu, 8 Apr '21
Drink originally called "blanc-cassis"
Tue, 2 Mar '21
Wine aperitif