A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EENY

Thu, 21 Mar '24
Li'l
Wed, 3 Jan '24
Start of a simple selection process
Sun, 24 Dec '23
Start of a playground rhyme
Mon, 6 Nov '23
"___, meeny, miney …"
Wed, 11 Oct '23
Itsy
Mon, 26 Jun '23
Little bitty
Wed, 15 Mar '23
Tiny, informally
Tue, 14 Mar '23
Start of a counting-out rhyme
Tue, 13 Dec '22
___-weeny (small)
Fri, 17 Jun '22
Wee, informally
Thu, 16 Dec '21
Start of a count-off
Sat, 21 Aug '21
Start of some decision-making
Tue, 27 Jul '21
Start of a counting-out rhyme
Thu, 25 Mar '21
Start of a counting-out rhyme
Wed, 10 Feb '21
"___, meeny, miney, mo ..."