E-Smoking Slang

[Cartoon Dude]

Thought it would be fun to collect some of the e-cig slang out there floating around. I see lots of good stuff on the forums. Can't recall all of them now.

My faves so far:

• analog cigs
• digi-cig

Here's one I thought up a while back: "nicquid" or "niquid" for the nicotine liquid. I never liked the term e-juice/e-liquid for some reason.

What else we got out there?

 

[just4747]

Well analogue cig means a regular cigarette in case you didn't mean it that way.
Here's some others:

cart= cartridge
juice= e-liquid
mesh bridge= coil that collects/heats the liquid

will edit if I think of more...

 

[m1sterlurk]

I sometimes use the term "acoustic cigarettes" to refer to normal cigs. Other than that nothing unusual.

 

[Dale]

No one has mentioned "vape" and "vaping."

 

[e-pipeman]

I sometimes use the term "acoustic cigarettes" to refer to normal cigs. Other than that nothing unusual.

Why? Do you find normal cigs to be noisier than an e-cig?

 

[eyespy]

No one has mentioned "vape" and "vaping."

or dripping

 

[Grenage]

Why exactly do people call them analogue smokes? I mean e-smokes aren't digital, so there isn't even a loose association....

On another note, why do manufacturers call the heating coils 'atomizers'? Surely they're vapourisers or nebulisers at best.

 

[clavit]

I don't remember who coined the phrase, but my favorite is
e-cigs = diet smoke!

 

[trog100]

Why exactly do people call them analogue smokes? I mean e-smokes aren't digital, so there isn't even a loose association....

On another note, why do manufacturers call the heating coils 'atomizers'? Surely they're vapourisers or nebulisers at best.

it was a ruyan trying to make them sound more "high Tech" than they really were/are..

the one that cracks me up is the paperclip in the little hole thing.. this according to ruyan.. "resets the device to factory specifications"..

trog

 

[Grenage]

Ahh, that explains that then!

*chuckle* with regards to the resetting the device to factory settings. Do they come with firmware updates, too?

 

[Cartoon Dude]

Why exactly do people call them analogue smokes? I mean e-smokes aren't digital, so there isn't even a loose association....

I think that's part of the fun. But there is a loose association of course -- electronic/digital vs non-electric/"analog". I am sure it doesn't fit the exact definition of analog, but kind of the whole idea behind slang is to have some fun with it.

Something that is "the sh*t" isn't actually sh*t of course

Keep 'em coming!

 

[Marvelbeast]

I call mine a digi-ciggie or e-....

 

[eyespy]

I call mine a digi-ciggie or e-....

Carefull 8-o

digi-ciggie: don't say with hearshot of a cop - it may be mistaken for 'dodgy ciggie'.

e-...: don't say when visiting the US - it may be mistaken for 'Hey ...' and someone may take offence.

 

[jdrancor]

haha! I like "niquid" that's good.

How about "fog" instead of "..." as in, "I'm gonna smoke a fog." or "I need a fog."

In public, I just call it an electric cigarette. It sounds square, but it's straightforward and easy to comprehend for people that have never seen or heard of the device.

 

[mEtoke2]

Why exactly do people call them analogue smokes? I mean e-smokes aren't digital, so there isn't even a loose association...

The battery of an e-cig has a small chip in it that has stored digital information on it. So yes it can be considered a digital cigarette.

 

[m1sterlurk]

Why exactly do people call them analogue smokes? I mean e-smokes aren't digital, so there isn't even a loose association....

That's part of why I use the term "acoustic" cigarettes. Electric instruments have electrical current going through them, acoustic don't.

Meanwhile, for the "analog/digital" thing, analog means voltages that are generated by discrete components, while digital means binary data is sent out from a processor of some kind. Since e-cigs do have that "auto-cleaning" counter in them, they could be considered digital, but just barely (the digital counter function could probably be handled by 2 bytes of memory and a processor that zeros the memory whenever that count is hit...less than 10 lines of code.)

 

[e-pipeman]

"Does anyone mind if I use electronics in here? No? Thanks very much." Works every time.

 

[someone]

I like the idea of referring to traditional cigarettes as "pyros."

 

[e-pipeman]

I like the idea of referring to traditional cigarettes as "pyros."

And so do I -v.good indeed!

 

[Pangoo]

No one has mentioned "vape" and "vaping."

Which makes an e-cig user a "vapist" and a heavy e-smoker a "serial vapist".