A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ETC

Thu, 20 Mar '25
What "…" sometimes means
Sat, 15 Feb '25
Abbreviated ending
Sun, 14 Jul '24
Abbr. after a series
Wed, 12 Jun '24
"I won't list them all": Abbr.
Mon, 3 Jun '24
And so on: Abbr.
Sat, 4 May '24
Ellipsis equivalent, often
Sun, 7 Apr '24
List-ending abbr.
Tue, 2 Apr '24
"Jesus, ___" (Wilco song)
Thu, 29 Feb '24
More quickly?
Mon, 29 Jan '24
And so on: Abbr.
Wed, 17 Jan '24
When doubled, "You get the idea"
Wed, 10 Jan '24
And others too numerous to mention
Wed, 27 Dec '23
List follower
Thu, 9 Nov '23
Shortening used for shortening
Sun, 5 Nov '23
"And so on"
Tue, 3 Oct '23
And so on
Fri, 19 May '23
Series finale?
Mon, 1 May '23
And so on: Abbr.
Wed, 23 Nov '22
Abbr. preceded by a comma
Mon, 14 Nov '22
List-ending abbreviation
Sun, 30 Oct '22
What "..." sometimes means
Sat, 15 Oct '22
What makes the short list?
Mon, 12 Sep '22
List-ending abbr.
Mon, 29 Aug '22
And so on: Abbr.
Sun, 14 Aug '22
"OK, you get it," for short
Mon, 4 Jul '22
And so on: Abbr.
Wed, 22 Jun '22
[waves hand in a circle]
Thu, 16 Jun '22
"…" equivalent
Mon, 23 May '22
And so forth: Abbr.
Sun, 22 May '22
"Love ___," Pet Shop Boys dance hit of 2009
Tue, 15 Mar '22
List-shortening abbr.
Fri, 14 Jan '22
...: Abbr.
Sun, 9 Jan '22
And so forth
Mon, 8 Nov '21
"... yadda, yadda, yadda"
Sun, 27 Jun '21
And the rest, for short
Sun, 20 Jun '21
What "..." may represent
Wed, 9 Jun '21
Abbreviation that can replace an ellipsis
Wed, 19 May '21
"Yadda, yadda, yadda"
Sun, 16 May '21
"You get the idea": Abbr.
Sun, 25 Apr '21
"That kinda stuff": Abbr.
Sat, 6 Feb '21
Abbr. sometimes written three times in a row
Thu, 28 Jan '21
Alternative to an ellipsis
Mon, 25 Jan '21
Yadda, yadda, yadda