A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ROT

Sun, 13 Oct '24
Balderdash
Wed, 11 Sep '24
Turn for the worse
Wed, 28 Aug '24
Spoil
Tue, 9 Jul '24
Go bad
Mon, 26 Feb '24
Go bad
Sun, 11 Feb '24
Turn bad
Sat, 9 Dec '23
Break down, in a way
Sun, 5 Nov '23
Spoil
Mon, 17 Jul '23
Go bad
Sun, 26 Mar '23
Spoil
Sat, 7 Jan '23
Go green, perhaps?
Sun, 1 Jan '23
Spoil
Sat, 26 Nov '22
Corruption
Fri, 2 Sep '22
Fester
Thu, 1 Sep '22
Claptrap
Mon, 8 Aug '22
Go bad
Fri, 1 Jul '22
Nonsense
Sun, 12 Jun '22
Deteriorate
Mon, 7 Feb '22
Poppycock
Fri, 28 Jan '22
Poppycock
Thu, 16 Sep '21
Crop problem
Sun, 12 Sep '21
Hogwash
Sun, 25 Jul '21
Utter nonsense
Sun, 20 Jun '21
Go bad
Wed, 2 Jun '21
Decay
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Go bad
Sun, 24 Jan '21
Nonsense