A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MOPS

Sun, 28 Apr '24
Beatles hairdos
Thu, 15 Feb '24
Cleans (up)
Tue, 11 Apr '23
Brooms : Roombas :: ___ : Scoobas
Tue, 29 Nov '22
Swabs
Tue, 5 Apr '22
Props for "It's the Hard-Knock Life" in "Annie"
Fri, 16 Jul '21
Thick manes
Sun, 21 Mar '21
Their heads get dirty