the name "electronic cigarette"

[smacuser]

How about Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation System?

Would it look like this?

 

[riseabovethestorm]

I'd pronounce that "Punt Gimp"

That sounds wicked dirty.

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Would it look like this?

That looks like something that buzzes very loudly.

 

[D. Waterhouse]

Too simple and practical. I like to get weird, and often.

Make it an acronym.

 

[riseabovethestorm]

Make it an acronym.

The moment is gone and the conversational ...... has worn off, which is to say, that chapter of colloquial exchange has deflated.

 

[vaperature]

I vote for the term "vaporette"

 

[riseabovethestorm]

I vote for the term "vaporette"

That sounds like just a wee, tiny wisp of vapor. Like something you'd use when describing an issue with a battery...

"My battery is almost burned out. I tried to take a puff yesterday and all I got was a vaporette."

 

[StormFinch]

*Sigh* I sincerely wish I had a dollar for every one of these threads I've seen over the last 3+ years. I'd have enough for a high end mod.

 

[danca90]

I just sing the electric slide.

 

[Sane Asylum]

When I use one of my T3s's with an ego style battery, I've decided I'm going to call it a 'vaper' (with an 'e', not an 'o'). When I use one of my e rolls, I'm going to call it a 'fake cigarette'.

 

[riseabovethestorm]

*Sigh* I sincerely wish I had a dollar for every one of these threads I've seen over the last 3+ years. I'd have enough for a high end mod.

Most days, I just wish I had a dollar.

 

[CaliforniaGirl]

I vote for the term "vaporette"

I LOVE this term but then again, I'm a girl. And "vaporette" sounds girly (or else like a dance troupe..."And now, ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm welcome for...The Vaporettes!"). So I'm not 100% sure it would universally fly?

But again, I personally like it.

 

[Mdport]

Since I usually have 3 or 4 active - I wonder which "stick" has a certain flavor.
Take that to "vapor stick".
Or even "E-stick"

Or " V-stick "

 

[CaliforniaGirl]

I call mine my stick all the time, but then again, it literally does look like a stick. Some of the more advanced versions don't look like sticks, they look like (and are) full-on systems.

 

[madqatter]

when I'm driving in my car, other drivers tend to look at me weird.

I get that sometimes. I also had a strange interaction in which two grinning smokers in the car next to me waved and gave me a big thumbs-up.

 

[jpargana]

(...)

In conclusion none of them are called 'cigs' or 'cigarettes' because they aren't

A cigarette is a small paper tube with tobacco leaves rolled up in them: what does a none cig a like PV have in common with that? nothing what so ever.

I think we should call them Personal Vaporizers or PVs for short

I don't advocate using the term 'electronic cigarette' (in the beginning of a conversation with an interested person) because of what stricly it is or is not (I've never even use a cigalike), but only because that's how most uninformed/misinformed people already know our vaporizers. Like or not (I don't, actually...), that's how it is. The term is already widespread (originally, by people who actually sell the device), and there's no going back now.

I had someone (a bar owner, in his late 20's) recently asking me if I was using a vaporizer, or an electronic cigarette.
Confused, I used the more common term: electronic cigarette.
He then proceeded to warn me about the dangers of the e-cig, and that I should use a vaporizer instead...


Now, some of you may be thinking "Well, see? That's why you should always use the word 'vaporizer'... cigarette puts things in a negative light, etc..."


But look at it this way: if the previous vaper that guy talked to had already cleared that 'electronic cigarettes' and 'vaporizers' are actually the same thing (and not a dangerous one), instead of just skipping the 'electronic cigarette' part for fear of the 'negative light', that very same 'negative light' would not exist anymore! That guy would already be properly informed! (Remember, this guy is a bar owner, and talks to a LOT of people). Later, if he heard someone talking nonsense about the 'electronic cigarette' (and with all probability, that's the word he will hear), he could himself have educated the other person, and so on...

Instead of avoiding the 'negative light', I believe (my opinion, only... we should be educating people about it...!

 

[madqatter]

I don't advocate using the term 'electronic cigarette' (in the beginning of a conversation with an interested person) because of what stricly it is or is not (I've never even use a cigalike), but only because that's how most uninformed/misinformed people already know our vaporizers.

This is not inevitable, however. I do the opposite. I don't introduce the term "electronic cigarette" unless contextually pressured, and I only do it with qualification: "You may have heard the term 'electronic cigarette' used to describe it, but that's a misnomer because...."

 

[kimran73]

I think a major part in this will just be all of us stepping up and informing people at every opportunity possible. Don't beat people over their heads with it or push your beliefs, just educate so all the misinformation will hopefully eventually go away.

 

[rico942]

Had a senior scientist here at work today caution me about the "anti-freeze" used in "electric smoking" ...

(heavy sigh) ...

 

[Pyrate]

I usually try to call it a Nicotine Vaporizer.

 

[NiNi]

"Nic-o-stik" if it's cylindrical, or "Nic-o-Brick" if it's a box mod..........just forget about the 0mg nic users for a second!