A lighter or reduced version of something, especially food or drinks with fewer calories, fat, or artificial ingredients than the full-strength version.
A phonetic spelling of 'light' that became a marketing term in the 1960s-70s. Corporations used it to brand diet foods and low-calorie products.
Lite is one of the few informal spellings that became officially acceptable—it shows how advertising and consumer culture can literally change the English language, one diet soda at a time.
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