A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

UMPS

Sun, 24 Mar '24
Homebodies?
Fri, 1 Sep '23
Calls balls, say
Sun, 23 Oct '22
Locations
Sun, 24 Apr '22
They call 'em as they see 'em
Mon, 13 Sep '21
Baseball officials, for short
Mon, 29 Mar '21
Home plate officials, informally
Tue, 29 Dec '20
Ones usually found at home