A Silly NitPick thats been bugging me: (Vapee, Vapor, Vaporer)

[whistlrr]

If what we use is vapor in a vaporizer.. aren't we the end users then Vaporers?

I always cringe and feel a bit 'off' whenever I see people who use Personal Vaporizers being refered to as "vapors" -- no, thats the stuff we inhale exhale.. we the inhaler/exhalers would then be Vaporers, right?

Its not like Employee employer, its not like its Vapee and Vapor lol

Its more like Conquer/Conqueror

Vapor/Vaporer?

See?

Now everybody may either ignore this ("as you were") or yell at me for this ("Flame on!"), but after seeing "Vapers and "Vapors" all over the place I just finally just once, had to get this expressed and off my chest.


Thanks

 

[steven.rn]

uh... what about...


Lessor --- Lessee

Intuitively, "vaper" being "one who "vapes" makes sense,
But saying a "vaporer" is someone who "vapors" seems clumsier.

IMHO

Steve

 

[d0kieSmok]

I am the vapor, i become one with it.

 

[geeker]

I vape vapor, so I'm a vaper.

 

[OneWizer]

For me, myself and I, fogging. "vaping" just doesn't . . . I don't know. . . work. Personal preference. Others seem to relate that (fogging, that is) as similar to "smoking." May be more appealing to them as it's more familiar and the more we can turn on to e-cigs the better. A small thing 'though really.

 

[geeker]

Vapor + fog = vog, as they say on the Big Island.

So maybe we're voggers vogging vog.

 

[SanMan]

I dunno.

Smokers smoke.
I used to say I was 'smoking.'

Vapers vape?
Now I say that I'm 'vaping.'

I'll never consider myself a 'vaporer', nor would I ever say that I'm 'vaporing.'
It just sounds clumsy.

<edited to add> I'd go with 'fogging' before 'vaporing.'

 

[Mr Sinister]

I am no expert on the english language, I just speak it, but I think the correct terminology is vaporer and vaporing.

 

[Dredbull]

I have a few I use.

Fog face
Vape head
Steamin Demon

And since a co worker of mine says it smells like I am baking cookies, you guessed right when I am working around him I just say I need to go bake some cookies.

 

[boondongle]

I'll go even further, whistlrr. I really don't like the "vape," "vaping," or "vaper" terms at all. It boils down to three main reasons, two of which are personal preference.

1. Without knowing what those terms refer to, the connotation is unpleasant. They connect automatically to "rape" and "gape" in my mind, so they sound like they should be some sort of weird sexual terms. "Vaping" especially sounds ugly.

2. Even knowing what the terms are meant to describe, they still sound goofy and made-up. I care a great deal about the words I use, and I'd feel like an idiot explaining that I was "vaping."

3. And the most important reason is that "vape," "vaping," and "vaper" aren't real words, and we have perfectly good words in the dictionary to take their place. Specifically, "vaporize," "vaporizing," and "vaporizer."

"Vapor," when referring to a person who vaporizes, is probably just a mistake by someone who meant to use the made-up word "vaper."

 

[Mac]

Arnold is the vaponater!

 

[AngusATAT]

I call myself a vaper. My wife just calls me "Puff", just like she did when I was smoking.

 

[cyberwolfrob]

I agree with ya %100 whistlrr

 

[Heed]

I don't think it's likely to change now -- a term was needed because people didn't want to say "smoke" or "smoking" since it's inaccurate. Common usage led to it settling in as the default term for our activity. All words are "made up" words at some point.

I vape which means I'm a vaper.

 

[NightShadow]

I don't care what people call me, as long as I can use my PV to my hearts content.

Also: it's the spirit of intent that counts, and with the spoken word this comes across far better than the written.

 

[Þornbjörg]

Since this is an argument for semantics, I'll explain the correct method semantics, a logical argument for an alternative, and the counter-arguement.

The correct term for the 'product' is vapor.
The correct term for the act of producing the product is vaporing.
The correct term for the device is a vaporizer.

Now, vapor is a word that most people don't use regularly outside of personal vaporizer devices. A little known, but very correct definition of vapor is 'to emit vapor or exhalations'.

Thus, following correct semantics, a person who is vaporing vapor on a vaporizer is a vapor.

It is not semantically correct to state vaporer, however due to the general population consensus regarding a smoker smoking smoke, it would be considered acceptable to use to state a vaporer vaporing vapor.

Now, with English being a living language (in stark contrast to Latin, a dead language), over time, new words are entered to fill roles that are no longer properly filled with existing words due to the progressive nature of language. With this consideration, as many use vaper as one who vapes, it could than be taken as vape/vaping being considered common usage forms of vaporing, and thus a vaper being an alternate form/spelling of vapor. Please note, in this case, the term vaper more closely resembles its semantically correct correlation, vapor, than the act of vaping resembles its semantically correct correlation of vaporing.

So, to sum this whole shebang up..

Semantically Correct:
A vapor vaporing vapor in a vaporizer.

Common-Usage Correct, Noun Deviant:
A vaporer vaporing vapor in a vaporizer.

Alternate-Common-Usage, Verb Deviant:
A vaper vaping vapor in a vaporizer.

For reference:
Vapor Definition | Definition of Vapor at Dictionary.com
Vaporing Definition | Definition of Vaporing at Dictionary.com

Personally, as it more closely resembles correct semantics and simply alters a single character to illustrate a less used definition of a fairly common word, and introduces a single new word in correlation to a new object with new action, I prefer the Alternate-Common-Usage outlined above.

 

[dizzyizz]

What?
Great explanation and obviously well thought out, but what?
Yeah, I'll go with option #3 also.

 

[jnakamura]

I refer to myself as a vapor sucker.

 

[Bandit]

Wow, someone reallllly needs to get a more interesting life.

Soon.

Please.

 

[Monkey Arms]

I'll Try a few...

Vapemonger
Vapeite
Vapaholic
Vapetian
Vapeasexual
Vaperican American