A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

IMS

Sat, 22 Mar '25
PC discourse?
Wed, 26 Feb '25
Hits up on Slack, say
Sun, 22 Sep '24
Some online pings, in brief
Fri, 5 Apr '24
Quick chats?
Sun, 18 Feb '24
Real-time PC exchanges
Wed, 25 Oct '23
WeChat chats, in brief
Mon, 2 Oct '23
Some online communications, for short
Tue, 27 Jun '23
Some online communications, in brief
Tue, 2 May '23
Sends a ping, in brief
Sun, 12 Feb '23
WhatsApp transmissions, briefly
Fri, 3 Feb '23
Quick notes, quickly
Tue, 1 Nov '22
Some Facebook exchanges, in brief
Sun, 9 Oct '22
Communications on Slack, e.g.
Sat, 27 Aug '22
Contents of some chats, in brief
Fri, 22 Jul '22
Reaches online, in a way
Sun, 10 Apr '22
Contacts quickly, in a way
Sun, 6 Feb '22
Sends a Telegram, in brief?
Sat, 8 Jan '22
Pings, maybe
Sat, 19 Jun '21
Contents of some chats, in brief
Thu, 25 Feb '21
Some exchanges via AOL, once