A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

FLAW

Sun, 6 Oct '24
Shortcoming
Thu, 13 Jun '24
Nick, say
Sun, 20 Aug '23
Gemologist's consideration
Mon, 21 Nov '22
Having a thermal exhaust port lead straight to the reactor of your Death Star, e.g.
Sun, 11 Sep '22
Persian ___ (rugmaker's deliberate mistake)
Sat, 26 Mar '22
Imperfection
Thu, 17 Feb '22
Scratch or nick