What's up with calling an ecig an "analog"?

[bigbells]

Not really for me to be critical, but it's not the best euphemism. Luckily no one cares what I think

Well, you expressed dissatisfaction with use of the word "analog" but you made your argument using the definition of "analogous", which is a different word. Below is the definition of analog, from the Merriam Webster online dictionary:

Definition of ANALOG

1
: of, relating to, or being an analogue
2
a : of, relating to, or being a mechanism in which data is represented by continuously variable physical quantities
b : of or relating to an analog computer
c : being a timepiece having hour and minute hands
Telephone lines carry data in analog form.
It receives an analog video signal and converts it to a digital signal.
First Known Use of ANALOG 1946

It's true that analog is not necessarily accurate, having been converted to a noun and applied as a synonym for a tobacco cigarette, but it's just enough of a stretch to be quite humorous, and whoever thought it up was on a roll that day, IMHO.

 

[Scoop224]

I once dated a girl named Ana, she smoked "logs"...... She'd roll one up and we'd smoke an "Ana Log"

Man, that girl could inhale, too! I was a bit wilder back in them days!

 

[brassmonkey]

this is the digital age. anything outdated is an analog in my book