A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AOC

Tue, 22 Nov '22
Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019
Thu, 8 Sep '22
Member of "The Squad" in D.C., for short
Mon, 22 Nov '21
Member of a D.C. "Squad"
Mon, 6 Sep '21
D.C. "Squad" member
Thu, 14 Jan '21
House member with 11+ million Twitter followers, informally