A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LAX

Mon, 16 Oct '23
Not strict
Sun, 24 Sep '23
Not strict
Wed, 7 Jun '23
"I hopped off the plane at ___" (Miley Cyrus lyric)
Tue, 4 Apr '23
Left Coast airport, for short
Fri, 10 Feb '23
World's busiest origin and destination airport
Mon, 21 Nov '22
Far from strict
Wed, 13 Apr '22
Hardly strict
Wed, 20 Oct '21
Permissive
Thu, 30 Sep '21
Far from fastidious
Mon, 14 Jun '21
Not strict
Mon, 12 Apr '21
Opposite of strict
Mon, 22 Mar '21
Not stringently enforcing the rules