A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OBESE

Wed, 14 Feb '24
Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone
Sun, 10 Dec '23
Like Jabba the Hutt
Sun, 12 Mar '23
Like Nero Wolfe
Sun, 11 Dec '22
Like sumo wrestlers, medically speaking
Fri, 7 Oct '22
Falstaffian, in a way
Wed, 22 Jun '22
Very corpulent
Sat, 4 Dec '21
Like Falstaff
Sun, 4 Jul '21
Like Ignatius J. Reilly in "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Having a very high body mass index