A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ROCK

Wed, 6 Dec '23
Huge gem, slangily
Thu, 31 Aug '23
NBC comedy series starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin
Fri, 25 Aug '23
Little ___
Fri, 11 Nov '22
Are awesome
Tue, 8 Nov '22
One supplying strong emotional support, metaphorically
Thu, 22 Sep '22
What some toy horses do
Sun, 4 Sep '22
It beats scissors
Wed, 13 Apr '22
Breaker
Wed, 23 Jun '21
Hollywood's Dwayne Johnson, with "the"
Sun, 31 Jan '21
Be really impressive, informally