A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OUTIE

Fri, 8 Nov '24
Bump above a belt
Wed, 6 Mar '24
Convex navel
Sun, 17 Apr '22
Body feature that approximately 10% of people have
Fri, 10 Sep '21
Navel type
Thu, 8 Apr '21
Prominent focus for a navel-gazer?