A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MEG

Sun, 12 Nov '23
Gig part
Tue, 17 Oct '23
Ryan of rom-coms
Sun, 5 Feb '23
Bit of memory, for short
Thu, 12 Jan '23
Unit of RAM
Thu, 22 Dec '22
Thousandth of a gig
Thu, 8 Dec '22
One of the women in "Little Women"
Sat, 12 Nov '22
Hollywood's Ryan
Sat, 5 Mar '22
Ryan of "You've Got Mail"
Mon, 11 Oct '21
Actress Ryan
Sat, 26 Jun '21
File size unit, informally