tonite(adv.)
“tonight” 的口语缩写,最早可追溯至1918年。
Present-day student notices on bulletin boards, etc., read oftener than not, "Party Friday Nite," "Meeting Tonite," "Kum Tonite," etc. [Louise Pound, "Spelling-Manipulation and Present-Day Advertising," Dialect Notes, 1923]
现今学生在公告栏等处常常会看到“Party Friday Nite”、“Meeting Tonite”、“Kum Tonite”等写法。[Louise Pound,《拼写操纵和现代广告》,《方言笔记》,1923年]
该词起源时间:1918年