Let's find a new name for e-cigarettes!

[defdock]

i call it by what it is.


istick, ego, ect.


same when it comes to cameras lol, i call them kodaks and Canons

 

[WillyZee]

this is a great idea OP ... we should probably get on this before the term ecig goes viral

OP ... how can I help?

 

[Leothwyn]

Ever since I explained to my kids what it was, they've called it my steamer. Now everyone in the family just calls it that. (I'm not suggesting that this should be the new name though).

 

[Javamon]

I think the term electronic cigarette is hideous and does not serve the cause at all.

PV is the best I have heard so far.

 

[caramel]

Cigarettes are composed of paper wrap, tobacco, filter.

Vape stuff is composed of mouthpiece, atomizer, tank and batteries. Similar to an inhaler.

Anyone calling inhalers "cigarettes" must have some strong agenda.

 

[cags]

It is never too late to change a name. Starfish, jellyfish, etc have all been officially dropped by the scientific community. Ecig can be dropped if enough people want to make it happen.

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that is interesting.......but everyone I know still calls them starfish and jellyfish

 

[SuperTaz]

this is a great idea OP ... we should probably get on this before the term eCig goes viral

OP ... how can I help?

Not sure but the sheer number of members here on ECF can certainly pool together and come up with say 5 of the best names then we could have a vote.
We are more than enough members to make a change. It's a start ain't it?
I call them e- vaporators

 

[WillyZee]

this should be fairly easy ... we just need to get Google on board

 

[caramel]

Tee hee what would this one be, e-bottled water?

 

[caramel]

e-beer

 

[2naphish]

that is interesting.......but everyone I know still calls them starfish and jellyfish

i had to look this up.... most aquariums and scientists now call them sea stars and sea jellies . who da thought.

 

[DaveSignal]

that is interesting.......but everyone I know still calls them starfish and jellyfish

But they wouldn't if it was immoral or politicly incorrect to call them that. Such as we wouldn't refer to an Asian as "oriental" since about the 1970s, because it is now considered a derogatory term. I consider "e-cig" a derogatory term. Referring to my vaporizers as "e-cigs" is offensive and it needs to stop.

 

[The Dog Guy]

PV ( personal vaporizer)

and of course the all time favorite

personal electronic nicotine inhalant system

LOve the acronym!!

 

[OlderNDirt]

Too bad "life savers" is taken in such a useless way.

I usually refer to it simply as "my vape".

 

[VapinWolf]

But they wouldn't if it was immoral or politicly incorrect to call them that. Such as we wouldn't refer to an Asian as "oriental" since about the 1970s, because it is now considered a derogatory term. I consider "e-cig" a derogatory term. Referring to my vaporizers as "e-cigs" is offensive and it needs to stop.

I'm lost on that..since the 70's?? What am I missing? How is it a derogatory term?

Edit: Not trying to hijack the thread, my brain stopped there and refuses to go further until it knows why...should have thought to use PM
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[Johnivan69]

PV ( personal vaporizer)

and of course the all time favorite

personal electronic nicotine inhalant system

Now, now, let's be fair and balanced...
Vaporizing atomizing gases inhalation nicotine assistant...

 

[caramel]

Now, now, let's be fair and balanced...
Vaporizing atomizing gases inhalation nicotine assistant...

Oh yeah.... p bussardo may want to taste your juice

 

[DaveSignal]

I'm lost on that..since the 70's?? What am I missing? How is it a derogatory term?

Edit: Not trying to hijack the thread, my brain stopped there and refuses to go further until it knows why...should have thought to use PM
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Well, it is an insult, and you shouldn't refer to people like that. There are also many other words that are insults to other ethnic groups and races, but I won't go over them here.
Here is an excerpt that I just now looked up on wikipedia:

American English[edit]
In the United States, "Oriental" is often considered an antiquated, pejorative, and disparaging term. John Kuo Wei Tchen, director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute at New York University, said the basic critique of the term developed in the 1970s. Tchen has said: "With the anti-war movement in the '60s and early '70s, many Asian Americans identified the term 'Oriental' with a Western process of racializing Asians as forever opposite 'others'."[7] In a press release related to legislation aimed at removing the term "oriental" from official documents of the State of New York, Governor David Paterson said: "The word 'oriental' does not describe ethnic origin, background or even race; in fact, it has deep and demeaning historical roots".[8]

 

[Phild0]

It's just my vape, in fact the other day I was eating at whataburger and the guy behind the counter said, "Nice vape dude". I said thanks. I mean Webster put vape in the dictionary for a reason right?

I hate e-cig too. It's nothing close to a cig, doesn't resemble a cig in any way.

 

[bitterstarlite]

PV ( personal vaporizer)

and of course the all time favorite

personal electronic nicotine inhalant system

I like the idea of www. penis-forum .com in place of the existing.