A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SSNS

Tue, 24 Jun '25
Figs. for which you often give just the last four digits
Wed, 11 Jun '25
Figs. with two dashes
Sat, 7 Jun '25
Phisher's collection, for short
Mon, 12 May '25
Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief
Sun, 23 Mar '25
IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr.
Mon, 24 Feb '25
Nine-digit IDs
Tue, 18 Feb '25
Identity thieves' targets, for short
Mon, 3 Feb '25
IDs written on applications, for short
Tue, 31 Dec '24
Nine-digit government IDs
Sun, 22 Sep '24
Data sought in phishing attempts, in brief
Thu, 30 May '24
Doubly hyphenated IDs
Tue, 16 Apr '24
Frequently phished figs.
Wed, 3 Apr '24
IDs with multiple hyphens
Tue, 19 Dec '23
Tax form figs.
Sun, 15 Oct '23
Their first five parts are often disguised, for short
Mon, 28 Aug '23
Figs. for tax filers
Thu, 3 Aug '23
IDs since the Great Depression, in brief
Mon, 8 May '23
Govt. IDs
Sun, 16 Apr '23
Nine-digit IDs
Mon, 6 Feb '23
Tax IDs: Abbr.
Sun, 27 Nov '22
Figs. first issued in 1936
Thu, 6 Oct '22
IDs since the Great Depression
Mon, 5 Sep '22
Tax IDs
Sun, 8 May '22
1040 figs.
Wed, 19 Jan '22
Info collected by H.R.
Fri, 7 Jan '22
Figs. assigned randomly since 2011
Mon, 26 Jul '21
Tax IDs
Sun, 20 Jun '21
Application figs.
Thu, 17 Jun '21
Info on tax forms
Sun, 23 May '21
Credit application figs.
Tue, 16 Mar '21
Some I.R.S. data, in brief