A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GOP

Sun, 25 Jun '23
Red grp.
Fri, 1 Jul '22
Org. whose history is profiled in the 2015 best seller "To Make Men Free"
Mon, 28 Jun '21
Republicans, for short
Fri, 9 Apr '21
Red side, for short
Sun, 31 Jan '21
It's symbolized by an elephant, for short