Anyone else feel weird saying "vape"?

[Rob1111]

I hate the terms "vape" and "vaping" as well. I won't link the video, but during a certain review that I watched recently, this guy who looked like an extreme MMA fighter overused the terminology so much that it really put me off and continues to make me selectively careful when I discuss the activity to an outsider.

The video came complete with modern pop-metal theme music and super EXTREME! close-ups of him using the device which really annoyed me. He would take a drag, then look at the device before looking back at the camera to say, "Oh yeah, that's some good vape right there", "I love vaping this thing", "this thing has a lot of vape", "that's some really good vape", etc., etc., ad nauseam.

It was one of those instances where you end up feeling embarrassed for the person you're watching because of their obvious inability to realize how ridiculous they look and sound. Only white suburban gangsters--or hell--gangsters of any race, creed, or location earn more sympathy.

Edit: Ack! Forgot to mention, I prefer the terms "e-smoking" and "e-cig", as overdone as the whole "e" prefixing is. Though it capitalizes on the modern technological connotation, as "email" does versus just "mail", so it's a better intellectual fit for me, trite though it may be.

 

[brownsfan]

I hate the terms "vape" and "vaping" as well. I won't link the video, but during a certain review that I watched recently, this guy who looked like an extreme MMA fighter overused the terminology so much that it really put me off and continues to make me selectively careful when I discuss the activity to an outsider.

The video came complete with modern pop-metal theme music and super EXTREME! close-ups of him using the device which really annoyed me. He would take a drag, then look at the device before looking back at the camera to say, "Oh yeah, that's some good vape right there", "I love vaping this thing", "this thing has a lot of vape", "that's some really good vape", etc., etc., ad nauseam.

It was one of those instances where you end up feeling embarrassed for the person you're watching because of their obvious inability to realize how ridiculous they look and sound. Only white suburban gangsters--or hell--gangsters of any race, creed, or location earn more sympathy.

+1

When I first started poking around ECF and saw some of those guys that have become (in their own minds at least) mini-celebrities by creating those 4-5 min videos blowing vapor into a crappy net cam and calling it a review I almost ran for the hills! I think this entire space will moderate as it becomes more mainstream, tho.

 

[yanks21]

I believe we should separate ourselves from cigarettes (and tobacco) as far as possible. I personally do not want PVs to be labeled as "e-cigarettes" anymore (funny, considering the name of this forum); nor do I agree with the term "e-Smoking".

Cigarettes and smoking are in the forefront of social attention right now, and with good reason. Cigarettes and smoking account for nearly 1/2 million deaths each year in the U.S. alone. So, NO, I do not want to be bundled in with cigarettes/smoking at all; in terms of vernacular, regulation, of social disdain.

Agree 100% - a lot of politics revolves around semantics so there is no doubt the term "vaporizer" is better from a political standpoint as opposed to anything that contains "cig" or cigarette.

Politicians do a lot of things based on polls so to the uneducated out there they just HEAR the word smoking or cigarette and they're automatically against it.

I don't like the term vaping either but I can't really think of anything better and as mentioned that IS what were are doing.

I tell fellow smokers who inquire that it's an e-cig - I tell airport security it's a vaporizer

I think the "personal" part is implied because I ain't letting anyone use it - I mean we didn't call cigs: "personal cigarettes"

Anyway: overall if I think about it I just say: vaporizer and I'm taking a "hit"

The name of this forum will NEVER be changed. "e-cig" if the term people search for and this forum is one of the fastest growing forums on the net. Popular sites don't change their name and won't risk losing Google ranking.

Oh and YePsTeR where did you get Mar 21 as the date for True Blood? HBO website says summer. Do you mean the latest season on DVD? You got my psyched for nothin'

 

[TheVTech]

I like the terms using vape.
Vaping, Vape, Vapor/er, E-Vape etc.
But then again I'm Batman so it fits better.
You know Bat-a-rang, Bat-Mobile, Bat-Cave, Bat-Computer, Bat-Gas, Bat-plane etc.

 

[Symmetric]

I often tell people I'm pretending to smoke. I never use the term vaping offline, and don't thin I ever will.

 

[BradSmith]

I somtimes call it taking a drag. As in (done with an accent) I used to take a drag off my ... now I take a drag off my 510!!


Some words are a little goofy taken out of context.

 

[lonercom]

March 21st..........HBO...TRUE BLOOD!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!! Vape on.................

I'm a WereVaper!

 

[lonercom]

Victorious And Proud Emancipated Respirator

Best I can come up with as I have only had 14 hours sleep this week.

C'mon, how else ya gonna get away with saying Buttplug, Condom, and DIY at church?

 

[xdunlapx]

To be honest it doesn't matter what you call it. I call it vape because that's the community's term for smoking an ecig. It's vapor that you inhale so you vape not smoke. Either get over it or call it what you will. But don't expect many other's to feel the same way.

 

[boondongle]

I don't feel weird saying vape, because I refuse to say that. I say I'm vaporizing. Which has the benefit of...you know...actually being a real word that describes what we're doing.

 

[da dude's girl]

Thank you, Madame X. Finally!!! I hate the word "vaping." Makes me feel like a dragon. So does "puffing," for that matter. As in "Puff the Magic Dragon."

And while we're at it, could we also deal with banning "condoms" and "buttplugs"?

I get a kick out of sharing the fact that I traded in "smoking" for "vaping," but am with you on coming up with more pleasant names for the "condoms" and "buttplugs." I'm not a prude, but it just seems like there has got to be something a bit more pleasant to all that we can call these dojiggies... How about a contest???

 

[aubergine]

I do not vape.

I insufflate.

 

[aubergine]

And I will never part with condoms, buttplugs, plunging, spinning, dripping, screwing (and unscrewing), throat hitting,learning to stop just before overheating, satiety and potential explosion, or any of the infinite nuances of sucking involved in this variety of bliss. And etc..

Call me what you will.

 

[Nilius]

I love using "vape" and "vaping". It sparks smokers interest

 

[scheherezade]

I hate the terms "vape" and "vaping" as well. I won't link the video, but during a certain review that I watched recently, this guy who looked like an extreme MMA fighter overused the terminology so much that it really put me off and continues to make me selectively careful when I discuss the activity to an outsider.

The video came complete with modern pop-metal theme music and super EXTREME! close-ups of him using the device which really annoyed me. He would take a drag, then look at the device before looking back at the camera to say, "Oh yeah, that's some good vape right there", "I love vaping this thing", "this thing has a lot of vape", "that's some really good vape", etc., etc., ad nauseam.

It was one of those instances where you end up feeling embarrassed for the person you're watching because of their obvious inability to realize how ridiculous they look and sound. Only white suburban gangsters--or hell--gangsters of any race, creed, or location earn more sympathy.

Edit: Ack! Forgot to mention, I prefer the terms "e-smoking" and "e-cig", as overdone as the whole "e" prefixing is. Though it capitalizes on the modern technological connotation, as "email" does versus just "mail", so it's a better intellectual fit for me, trite though it may be.

Yep, I just sent my parents a couple of kits to get them started. I told my mom about this forum but told her not to worry about the You Tube Links. These are exactly what I didn't want her to see!

 

[Cableguy]

When the guys at work asked me "hey...what's in the box?" I deeply regret telling them "condoms, juices, and buttplugs."

 

[scheherezade]

When the guys at work asked me "hey...what's in the box?" I deeply regret telling them "condoms, juices, and buttplugs."

LMAO!!!

 

[krazie_Kid]

I believe we should separate ourselves from cigarettes (and tobacco) as far as possible. I personally do not want PVs to be labeled as "e-cigarettes" anymore (funny, considering the name of this forum); nor do I agree with the term "e-Smoking".

Cigarettes and smoking are in the forefront of social attention right now, and with good reason. Cigarettes and smoking account for nearly 1/2 million deaths each year in the U.S. alone. So, NO, I do not want to be bundled in with cigarettes/smoking at all; in terms of vernacular, regulation, of social disdain.

now let's all get "fogged".

i totally agree i been smoking for 6 years, i love saying vape tho lol. i told my friends im vaping and they looked at me like i had 10 heads lol

 

[deadman31299]

Not crazy about vape/ vaping. Funny enough, I use toke/ toking...which is usually good for a couple of stern/ funny looks. Or if it's around some of my friends that knew me in my younger days, it usually gets them a little excited.

Got me excited and i am a grown man. That's the only thing i smoke now, trying to find a cheap alternative to that to vaporizing as well, but feel far less guilty just smoking the good stuff once a day, and using my Vapor King for the rest of the day.

I don't much care for the terms "vape" or "vaping" myself. I am kind of a closet user anyways, i always cup it, or if in a theater, or restaurant duck into my shirt or coat. I don't like strangers(stranger danger), and i don't want to explain to the zillion people i am around daily what it is.

Don't get me wrong, i am more than happy to catch a smoker and explain. All of the people i know i have told about it and showed them, even had a few cross over due to my presentation of massive vapor, and delicious watermelon or grape taste bud orgasm. I don't call it vaping though.

My friend Kfresh always asks me how it's going, but he never knows what to call "it". haha.

 

[Stephra]

I love "vape" as a label. We vape at my house, we are vapers, I even ask Rich if he could hand me my vape. I sometimes have to self-correct for the word "smoke" - I'm trying to eliminate that one from my vocabulary.