A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SOTS

Sun, 13 Aug '23
Lushes
Sun, 5 Feb '23
Big drinkers
Tue, 8 Feb '22
Heavy drinkers
Sun, 8 Aug '21
Barflies
Sun, 30 May '21
They may need to be cut off
Tue, 16 Mar '21
Lushes