A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DINO

Tue, 15 Oct '24
Shape for a child's chicken nugget, informally
Sun, 13 Oct '24
Pet for Pebbles, in cartoons
Fri, 26 Apr '24
Bird's ancestor, for short
Mon, 19 Jun '23
Pet for Fred, Wilma and Pebbles
Tue, 11 Oct '22
Yoshi of Mario games is one, for short
Wed, 6 Apr '22
Pet in the town of Bedrock
Wed, 26 Jan '22
Member of the Rat Pack
Mon, 26 Jul '21
T. rex, e.g.