A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GEE

Fri, 8 Dec '23
"How about that!"
Tue, 5 Dec '23
"Golly!"
Wed, 22 Nov '23
Exclamation of mild surprise
Sun, 1 Oct '23
"Well, fancy that!"
Fri, 7 Apr '23
"Uh, thanks?!"
Fri, 27 Jan '23
"I never knew!"
Sat, 29 Oct '22
"I never knew!"
Thu, 25 Aug '22
"Well, I'll be!"
Tue, 22 Mar '22
"I hadn't thought of it that way"
Tue, 27 Jul '21
"You don't say!"
Wed, 14 Jul '21
"My word!"
Fri, 1 Jan '21
"Hadn't thought of it like that"
Mon, 28 Dec '20
"___ whiz!"