The term comes from live-stage touring practices such as the American vaudeville circuit where many acts were booked for a single performance; the song "We Open in Venice" from Kiss Me, Kate (not the TV show) suggests longer engagements, but catches the feel of such circuits. IMO both topics can be covered well in a single article.
--Jerzy•t 04:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I've always been under the impression that the origin was a slang term for the type of very small, low (or NO) frills rented ROOMS where Vaudeville performers frequently spent the night between shows or between trains, i.e. a cheap room with only a bed and ONE NIGHT-STAND (a night-stand being a small table next to the bed). From this connotation (a "one night-stand" being a cheap room) it became corrupted into referring to the kind of sexual liason which can take place in said cheap room (i.e., a random or casual one-time sexual encounter). This may also be an example of synecdoche. Any opinions? (PS- I've never made an addition to wikipedia before so I hope I've done this correctly 000nemo000 06:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I am rather sure the social stigma also applies in Eastern society. Manderiko 03:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I think that maybe someone should discuss the prevelence of Alcohol fuelled one night stands. The article doesn't even mention it, whereas I'd guess that the majority of one night stands, at least in the UK, are alcohol related...—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.36.199 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 21 April 2007Can you get sources or research to back up this statement? --Saab 1989 (talk) 19:35, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
I've added most one nighters are under alcohol influence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeordieWikiEditor (talk • contribs) 17:13, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
The above statement should be discounted as hearsay. No verifiable scientific evidence exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.81.160.77 (talk) 22:25, 4 May 2011 (UTC)