Terminology / Glossary of all things Electronic Cigarette related.

As you will no doubt find out , if you haven't already. Electronic cigarette users have begun to use slang words and abbreviations for various aspects of the Electronic cigarette community.
Here are just a few of the main ones you may come across to get you going...
They are in no particular order and by no means a comprehensive list.

Atty / Att :- Atomiser

Analogue :- Normal Tobacco Cigarette

Batt :- Battery.

Ecig / E-Cig :- Electronic Cigarette

E-liquid / Ecig-liquid / Juice :- the fluid needed for an ecig to work.

PG :- Propolyne glycol - the main bulk of E-liquids

VG :- Vegetable Glycerin - A alternative to PG

Vaper : An Electronic cigarette user

To Vape / Vaping :- Using an electronic cigarette.

Pacifier mode / Heavy vaping :- Continually using the electronic cigarette "like a dummy".

PV :- Personal vapouriser .- A non cigarette looking device for vaping

Mouth inhale :- Sucking the vapour into your mouth before inhaling. (akin to analogue smoking)

Lung inhale :- Breathing through the Electronic cigarette straight into lungs.

Throat hit :- The feeling of the vapour inside the airway.( many different definitions)

Cart :- Cartridge

Wool / Filler :- The material inside a cartridge

(Direct )Dripping :- The process of using an empty cartridge, and dripping Ecig-liquid onto the atomiser as and when required. ( Not for novices)

Wick :- The covered bridge across the atomiser - sucks the e-liquid from the cart to the atty.

Smoke :- What you do / get from a normal cigarette.

E-pipe :- An electronic pipe

E-cigar / E-gar :- An Electronic Cigar

Primer puff :- The art of taking a quick inhale / exhale on the Ecig to engage the atomiser

 

WARNING: the electronic cigarette will not cure a smokers addiction to nicotine, the electronic cigarette serves the same purpose as a tobacco cigarette- it delivers its user nicotine. If you do suffer from the disease of Tobacco/Nicotine Dependence Syndrome and want to take steps to give up smoking or cut down the quantity of cigarettes you currently smoke. We recommend you visit your health care provider to discuss NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) or a nicotine harm reduction programme.