I'm Not A Vaper Anymore

[Don29palms]

Definition of steam
(Entry 1 of 2)
1: a vapor arising from a heated substance
2a: the invisible vapor into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point
b: the mist formed by the condensation on cooling of water vapor
3a: water vapor kept under pressure so as to supply energy.

 

[Vapemesilly]

I'm going out for some vape sounds better to me than I'm going out for some steam. Steam makes me think of sweaty old naked men in towels pouring water on hot rocks.

 

[sonicbomb]

Did anyone ever tell you that you can be a real wet blanket sometimes?

Nope, and I didn't mean to get you wet when I rained on your parade.

We can "see" steam because of the water droplets condensing

That's true, but it doesn't change what steam actually is.

It certainly was steam that was created at the coil

eliquid is not water, so no it's not.

So it isn't vapor either, is it?

I didn't say it was, and I didn't name what we do.

Maybe throw some grammatical or spelling errors into your next post to help keep me occupied.

 

[Don29palms]

Nope, and I didn't mean to get you wet when I rained on your parade.


That's true, but it doesn't change what steam actually is.


Eliquid is not water, so no it's not.


I didn't say it was, and I didn't name what we do.

Maybe throw some grammatical or spelling errors into your next post to help keep me occupied.

Any vaporized liquid is steam. Not just water.

 

[sonicbomb]

Depends on what definition you subscribe to
"Steam is water in the gas phase."

Steam - Wikipedia
Steam
STEAM | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

 

[Eskie]

I'm going out for some vape sounds better to me than I'm going out for some steam. Steam makes me think of sweaty old naked men in towels pouring water on hot rocks.

That's who most of us guys here are. Making fun of us?

 

[Vapemesilly]

That's who most of us guys here are. Making fun of us?

Not at all. I'm one, too. I just don't want that image in my head.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

Steam makes me think of sweaty old naked men in towels pouring water on hot rocks.

Well we all think differently.

The word "steam" conjures up the same imagery in my mind, except it involves beautiful women, not old men.

Different strokes, I guess.

 

[Brewdawg1181]

I'm a steamer.

Just a heads-up: You might want to check your urban dictionary before you adopt that moniker.
And it only gets worse if you're from Cleveland.

 

[Electrodave]

Depends on what definition you subscribe to
"Steam is water in the gas phase."

Steam - Wikipedia
Steam
STEAM | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Which is exactly what you get when you heat any alcohol to its flash point. H2O and CO2. And obviously, the water created must be in its gaseous state. At least at first, before it starts to cool down to below 100C. Which happens very quickly. Or else we'd all be dead.

 

[Electrodave]

Just a heads-up: You might want to check your urban dictionary before you adopt that moniker.
And it only gets worse if you're from Cleveland.
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Man, if you have to avoid every word that has been used to mean turd at one time or another...

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

And it only gets worse if you're from Cleveland.

"Vaper" it is, then.

 

[smacuser]

Should we call you Stanley?

Better than Cleveland.

And it only gets worse if you're from Cleveland.

 

[Zaryk]

And it only gets worse if you're from Cleveland

 

[sonicbomb]

Or else we'd all be dead

If you are vaping alcohol then you will be the first of us to go.

 

[CMD-Ky]

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

That should settle the issue, what ever the issue first was.

 

[Ryedan]

Well, it's been a while since anyone around here has suggested one of our vape terms are inaccurate. I'm home today with a cold, so thank you @Electrodave for helping me break up the boredom a bit

Which is exactly what you get when you heat any alcohol to its flash point. H2O and CO2. And obviously, the water created must be in its gaseous state. At least at first, before it starts to cool down to below 100C. Which happens very quickly. Or else we'd all be dead.

IMO, it's fair to say that a few of our common terms may not be the most scientifically accurate. Vapor is a substance in its gas phase. There is vapor pressure and critical temperature involved, but these are not factors in vaping. Steam is water vapor so it is a subset of vapor. But these are strictly technical definitions, words are also commonly used with other meanings so this stuff is debatable depending on the writer's background and what audience they are communicating with.

Having said that, there is very little steam involved in the vaping process, even at the coil. Flash point refers to the temperature at which a substance ignites, so that's not relevant in this discussion. I think vaporizing, vapor and vaper are more accurate terms for us than steaming, steam and steamer.

Ultimately, I doubt it would make any difference what we call what we do as long as we don't say smoke.

Steam on

 

[Brewdawg1181]

If you are vaping alcohol then you will be the first of us to go.

It's a thing now:
Vaportini Deluxe Alcohol Vaporizer

 

[Zaryk]

It's a thing now:
Vaportini Deluxe Alcohol Vaporizer
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I remember when that was the big "new thing to do" and I have the same reaction every time I see it.

Call me old fashioned but I like my whiskey in a glass, the kind you drink from...

 

[mimöschen]

If you are vaping alcohol then you will be the first of us to go.

All chemicals with the ending "-ol" are in fact alcohols. Just like Propylene glycol (PG). Oh, and Glycerol (VG) as well.
Holy crap! We're all gonna die!!!