A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AOC

Wed, 23 Aug '23
D.C. "Squad" member
Wed, 17 May '23
Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019
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