A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

BRO

Sun, 10 Mar '24
Member of the fam
Wed, 24 Jan '24
Dawg
Fri, 17 Nov '23
"My man!"
Wed, 28 Jun '23
"Dude"
Sun, 5 Mar '23
"Du-u-u-ude!"
Thu, 22 Dec '22
Dude
Sun, 9 Oct '22
Certain sib
Mon, 25 Jul '22
Dude
Sun, 22 May '22
"My man!"
Mon, 21 Mar '22
Dude
Wed, 17 Nov '21
Member of the fam
Mon, 8 Nov '21
Dude
Thu, 21 Oct '21
Familial term of address
Wed, 31 Mar '21
Modern lead-in to -grammer
Sun, 21 Mar '21
Mate