A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Fri, 11 Jul '25
Animated internet pic
Sun, 16 Feb '25
Animated file type
Tue, 13 Aug '24
Looping animation file
Tue, 2 May '23
Meme that moves, maybe
Fri, 28 Jan '22
Animated snippet
Sun, 9 Jan '22
JPEG alternative
Mon, 28 Dec '20
Internet image file, familiarly