A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

UPC

Mon, 4 Aug '25
Short lines at the register?
Sat, 25 Jan '25
Lines at a grocery store
Tue, 21 Mar '23
Bars to be scanned, in brief
Wed, 28 Sep '22
Proof-of-purchase letters
Mon, 22 Nov '21
What a grocery scanner scans, for short