Confusion of snus and snuff. Snus, dry snuff, and dipping tobacco are distinct products that English speaking people often call snuff but are processed and used in very different ways, each with their own sets of risks. The English word snuff is translated to snus in Swedish.
This lamp is lit. This lamp is lit. The definition of lit is a slang term for drunk or intoxicated. An example of lit is to tell a story about a friend who had too many drinks the night before and say âHe was lit.â. Lit is defined as a common abbreviation for literature. An example of lit is taking a college course called English Lit. Lit means to have brightened something with light or flames. 1  An example of lit is to have started a fire. 2  An example of lit is to have turned on a lamp.
In any case, lite is not an accepted variant of light in any of light âs other senses. If you want to be safe, use it only in reference to low-calorie or low-fat versions of things. One exception: Lite is sometimes used metaphorically to describe restrained or less extreme versions of things. Itâs often affixed as a suffix, usually with a hyphen âfor example: Until now, Bachmann has been something of a Palin-lite figure and has often been portrayed as a Tea Party loon. [ Telegraph ]. The Black Eyed Peas do their robot Daft Punk-lite thing.