A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AMMO

Thu, 6 Jul '23
Backing for an argument, so to speak
Wed, 26 Apr '23
Bullets, e.g.
Mon, 5 Dec '22
Water balloons at summer camp, maybe
Wed, 12 Oct '22
Water balloons on a hot day, say
Mon, 22 Aug '22
Snowballs, in a snowball fight
Tue, 16 Aug '22
BBs, e.g.
Mon, 30 May '22
Peas, for a pea shooter
Sun, 27 Mar '22
Contents of some belts, informally
Sun, 27 Feb '22
Some finds in Fortnite
Mon, 6 Dec '21
Peas, to some classroom pranksters
Mon, 8 Nov '21
Hunter's supply, for short
Sat, 19 Jun '21
Snowballs, in a snowball fight
Wed, 26 May '21
Food, in a food fight
Mon, 1 Feb '21
Bullets and such