A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Thu, 4 Jul '24
"Great Scott!"
Tue, 19 Mar '24
"Holy cow!"
Sat, 16 Mar '24
"Yikes!"
Sun, 4 Feb '24
"Crikey!"
Sun, 7 Jan '24
"Yikes!"
Mon, 4 Dec '23
"Gracious me!"
Sun, 18 Jun '23
"OMG!," quaintly
Sun, 26 Mar '23
"Good heavens!"
Thu, 23 Mar '23
"Holy Toledo!"
Wed, 30 Nov '22
"Zounds!"
Wed, 13 Jul '22
"Zounds!"
Sun, 10 Jul '22
Word of surprise
Wed, 18 Aug '21
"Holy mackerel!"
Wed, 24 Mar '21
"Goodness gracious!"
Mon, 25 Jan '21
"Holy moly!"