the name "electronic cigarette"
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the term electronic cigarette goes all the way back to the Chinese guy who invented it ... blame him ... but also thank him.
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The one he invented probably LOOKED like a cigarette.
Mine looks nothing like one which is why I'd feel silly calling it one.
I simply call it "my vape" then people don't automatically associate it with "cigarette."
When the first came out they all were cigarette shaped.. blucigs still are. Appropriate name.
It's like the word "computer".. sounds like a glorified calculator.. it's more like a media box now.
It's like the word "computer".. sounds like a glorified calculator.. it's more like a media box now.
Mine looks like an unpowered light-saber (at least to my inner-nerd). I would feel VERY silly calling it that.
It's an appropriate name when it looks like a cigarette. When it ceases to look like a cigarette it's a silly name...lol
If they made a car that vaped would we still call it an e cigarette?
Do we think of smartphones the same way we think of desktops?
It just gets really foggy when the device morphs into something long removed from the original.
Thank you all for the great discussion. It's awesome to hear opinions on both sides. Thanks for the many laughs too, PENIS and PISS were two of my favorites lol. I think the conclusion is that it's a personal choice, whatever makes you most comfortable when people ask. I originally tried some of those that looked like cigs but didn't like them and my current "stick" is purple with a clear black tank and a flower drip tip, I think cigarette is very far removed lol. Maybe as the non-vaping public becomes more educated on what it really is it really won't matter anymore. I do think though that they tend to look like some sort of illegal paraphernalia and when I'm driving in my car, other drivers tend to look at me weird. I also avoid hitting it if there's a cop around because I don't want to get pulled over because they thought something else-but then again that would be a good education moment???? As they get more popular, they will continue to evolve. Look how far they've come in just 9 years. It'll be fun to see what's out there in another five but we must stay on top of the government, who doesn't really want us to quit smoking no matter what they say. Like another poster said, they are losing big time on taxes so they'll eventually want to tax the heck out of these too.
Thanks again for the lively discussion, I'm glad I asked in here since I don't know too many other people in my daily life who use these.
Thanks again for the lively discussion, I'm glad I asked in here since I don't know too many other people in my daily life who use these.
I think we should go with a military type, acronym based naming convention:
Personal Nicotine Inhalation Device, Glycerine Based, Man Portable, or PNTDGBMP. "PINT-DUH-GIB-UMP". That's practical, right?
Personal Nicotine Inhalation Device, Glycerine Based, Man Portable, or PNTDGBMP. "PINT-DUH-GIB-UMP". That's practical, right?
And the bonus is, if you can actually say it you win 15 free ml of juice.
Exactly. Everybody wins. Well, except for people with speech impediments.
It strikes me that having a speech impediment would almost be an advantage in the case of pronouncing garbled nonsense.
How about Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation System?
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