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lite; -lite
adjective
denotes a less substantial version of an original US, 1962
In widespread use; a re-spelling of “light”, devised as a commercial strategy to sustain a brand name while advertising that the product’s less marketable ingredients (sugar, nicotine, etc.) have been reduced.- That Labour Lite should continue to fortify its centre-right comfort zone [...] was no great surprise. — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 18, 2000
- When I saw this episode of The Liver Birds again, it seemed much more shockingly reactionary and joke-lite than memory served. — Stuart Jeffries, Mrs Slocombe’s Pussy, p. 118, 2000
- The girls are the same. Lowlife lite, they are–no finesse about them. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 244, 2001
- Radio 1 prides itself of new spelling: def, lite, blak, tekno, dreem and teem. — The Sunday Times, p. 13, 23 June 2002
- Grunge lite [...] A lighter, poppier version of grunge. — ‘The Sunday Times Magazine, p. 50, 1 June 2003: “The parents’ guide to the music maze”
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