A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SONIC

Sun, 8 Dec '24
Like some waves
Sun, 22 Sep '24
Lightning-fast hedgehog of video games
Mon, 3 Oct '22
Video game hedgehog
Sun, 13 Mar '22
Video game character in a hit 2020 film
Wed, 26 Jan '22
Sega hedgehog
Mon, 13 Sep '21
___ boom (plane effect)