A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

YEAH

Mon, 6 May '24
"Sounds good!"
Mon, 15 Apr '24
Thumbs-up equivalent
Thu, 7 Dec '23
"Mm-hmm"
Wed, 6 Dec '23
"Hooray!"
Thu, 20 Jul '23
Cry with a fist pump
Sun, 26 Jun '22
"What she said"
Wed, 30 Mar '22
"Right on!"
Tue, 7 Sep '21
"That's right!"