A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GAG

Sun, 6 Jul '25
Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one
Wed, 5 Mar '25
Comedy bit
Thu, 22 Aug '24
Joke
Sun, 9 Jul '23
[barf]
Fri, 8 Apr '22
___ order
Thu, 23 Sep '21
Shut up