A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Tue, 31 Mar '26
Rural turndown
Sun, 8 Mar '26
Backwoods refusal
Thu, 30 Oct '25
Slangy refusal
Mon, 26 Aug '24
Backwoods denial
Thu, 14 Jul '22
"Don't reckon so"
Wed, 13 Jul '22
Opposite of yep
Sat, 30 Apr '22
Sticks nix
Thu, 9 Dec '21
"Yer wrong"
Sat, 23 Jan '21
"Thanks anyway, pardner"