newbie dictionary please?

[mick e. rat]

Hi,

first time poster, longtime smoker. Looking to quit period.

Finding some of the abbr. more than a bit confusing.
Definately want to stop smoking , but its a little hard to navigate all the options.
nic gum/patches
script meds (damn insurance doesnt cover!!?!?!?!?!)
and finally this ecigs.

I've smoked for 30 yrs next week. minimum of a pack a day , when I still drank it could go up to 4 a day on some nights.


So , my first post here is to get some lingo info.

Any takers?

 

[unsure]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/61195-abbreviations.html

 

[Stosh]

Look for abbreviations that have a line under them, put your mouse on it and you'll see a definition, like PG or VG

p.s. Welcome to ECF

 

[dormouse]

And come common ones

atty - atomizer
cart - cartridge (what is use on an atty)
carto - cartomizer (a combined disposable cart with internal atomizer, preferred to atty + cart)

3 piece ecig = battery + atomizer + cart (and popular threading ones have blank cartos available)
2 piece ecig = battery + cartomizer

mah - amount of charge a battery has (100mah is about 1 hour of moderate vaping)
ohms - resistance of an atomizer of cartomizer

(only big batteries 450mah or larger can use the hotter low ohms LR attys and cartos)

 

[tmcase]

You'll find a lot of abbreviation that don't have a pop-up bubble when you hover over them. I got this list somewhere on the forum and copied it to a word doc. I don't know how to attach it so I'll have to paste it here. It's kind of long. Sorry.

General

ECF - E-Cigarette-Forum
Noob - Beginner
OP - Original Post(er)
Analog - Regular Cigarette
Mod - Homemade device/Moderator.
Pull - The act of sucking on the mouthpiece to pull the vapor into your mouth
TH - Throat Hit (The tingling sensation in the back of your throat)
Vapor - the "smoke" emitted from an e-cigarette
Vape, Vaping - The use of an e-cigarette (similar to the term "smoking" when referring to an analog)
Topping off - Adding drops of e-liquid to your current cartridge.
Dripping - Vaping by adding a few drops of e-liquid directly on the atomizer instead of using a cartridge.
Dipping - Sticking the bridge of the atomizer in e-liquid.

E-Cigarette

E-cig or E-cigarette - Electronic Cigarette
PV - Personal Vaporizer
Atty - Atomizer
Cart - Cartridge
Bat - Battery
Filler - The fiber found inside your cartridge that holds your e-liquid
PCC - Personal Charging Case
SD - ScrewDriver
JS - Janty Stick
PT - Passthrough or passthrough battery
2-piece/Disposable - 2 part e-cigarette. The Battery and a "cartomizer".
Cartomizer - An atomizer built into the cartridge, marketed as disposable (you throw it away when the e-liquid is used up).
3-piece - 3 part e-cigarette. Battery, Atomizer, and Cartridge.
Cutoff - Refers to how long the battery will activate the atomizer before shutting down (safety measure to protect the atomizer).

E-Liquid

E-juice, e-liquid, juice - the liquid nicotine that you fill your cartridges with.
DIY - Do it yourself (homemade e-liquid mixture)
PG - Propylene Glycol
VG - Vegetable Glycerin(Glycerine = glycerin = vegetable glycerin(e) = glycerol)
PEG - Polylethylene Glycol

Suppliers

JC - Johnson Creek
PS - PureSmoker
TW - Totally Wicked
EST - E-smokeytreats
JS - JantyStick
SD - ScrewDriver
GG - The GG!

Miscellaneous

FDA - Food and Drug Administration
ECA - Electronic Cigarette Association
NRT - Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patch, gum, e-cig)
PH - Public Health
BP - Big Pharmaceutical Companies
BT - Big Tobacco Companies
ALF - American Legacy Foundation
'Anti's - Anti-smoking people who do not acknowledge that vaping is a viable alternative to smoking analogs.
RYO - Roll your own (tobacco)

Universal Forum Lingo

AFAIK - As Far As I Know
BTW - By The Way
DOA - Dead On Arrival (didn't work from the moment I got it)
FWIW- For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
IDK - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IMO or IMHO - In My Opinion or In My Humble Opinion (some mean 'H' to be Honest)
IOW - In Other Words
JK or JJ - Just Kidding or Just Joking
OMG or OMFG - Oh My God and it's adult extension
PITA - Pain In The ...
PWN - Own or "dominate"
ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLMFAO - ^ Adult Extension of above
SOL - (can't be helped or fixed)
(SP?) - Used when unsure of the spelling of the previous word
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TMI - Too Much Information (too personal)
TOS - Terms Of Service ("the rules")
TROLL - A person that posts in a forum/thread with the sole intention of provoking an argument (can sometimes also imply a "spy")
TY - Thank You
WOOT - Exclamation, as in Hooray! (Sometimes: Want One Of Those)
WTF - Same As below
WTH - What/Where/Who The Hell
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (your experience may differ from mine)

 

[reprisal]

Seems other posters have the abbreviations covered. As for quitting, I haven't had an analog (what we call cigs) since I started vaping (using an ecig). I enjoy it more than I ever did cigs.

 

[VeeDubb65]

Just to follow up on reprisal's comment, I've had a similar experience. For a good long while after I switched to vaping, if I had an equipment malfunction or ran out of juice, I'd buy a pack of smokes within about 2 hours, and I'd smoke until whatever the problem was, got resolved.

Now, after a little more than a year, if I can't vape, I skip it. I just got back from my honeymoon, and I didn't want to take an ecig on the train to Canada because I hadn't realized how ......edly lax the customs agents are on the US/Canada border. So, I just didn't bring one. I vaped when I got home after 4 days. Day 3 was the only day it was even a problem.

My day-job is at a Casino, where EVERYBODY smokes, and after only a year of vaping, I find the smell of cigarette smoke unpleasant.