A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

FLOP

Mon, 13 May '24
Box office bomb
Sun, 17 Mar '24
Bomb
Sun, 23 Jul '23
Something that closes quickly
Sun, 23 Apr '23
Dud
Mon, 12 Dec '22
Box office dud
Thu, 20 Jan '22
Complete failure
Fri, 3 Dec '21
Completely bomb