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