Vaping Terms, Vaporizing Terminology & Glossary

New to vaping? A veteran looking for some new (or old) terminology? Look no further, because you’ve found Vape Craft Inc’s Visual Vaping Dictionary! Here we have 150+ terms that should help you familiarize yourself with the terms and lingo that are used every day in the world of vaping. We’ve also added visual aids to help you better understand the term (or confuse you, we don’t know yet, this is kind of new…) Know a term and don’t see it on the list? Leave a comment and we’ll add it (unless it's gross or vulgar, then we’ll just appreciate it from afar)

 

A Mod

A personal vaporizer

 

 

Actuator

The on/off button on a mechmod

 

Adapter

 

An adapter is a connector that allows a head with a given thread connector system to fit on to a body (battery holder) with a different connector

 

 

 

ADV, all-day vape

 

You guessed it, an e-juice so good you can vape it all day long.

 

 

Advanced Personal Vaporizer

 

Also referred to as mods (or modified e-cigs), these units are larger, have replaceable batteries, and can either be mechanical, variable voltage, or variable wattage.

 

 

AEMSA

 

Association of American E-liquid Manufacturing Standards

 

 

Aerosol

E-juice vapor is best described as an aerosol, because it's made up of micro droplets

 

 

AFC-Air Flow Control

Adjusts your air-to-ejuice ratio. Commonly used with vape tanks more so than pod style devices.

 

 

Allen Key/Wrench

 

A tool used to open mods or tighten screws in atomizers

 

Analog

 

The term for cigarettes used by vapers. The traditional method of smoking consisting of tobacco, wrapped in a paper tube to smoke from. Also known as smoking a cig.

 

 

Aqueous Glycerin

Aqueous Glycerine contains significant water content

 

 

Ass Juice

The opposite of an ADV (All Day Vape), garbage e-juice. Examples of ass juice are Space Jam, VaporFi, and Dollar E-Juice Club.

 

(Atty) - The key in producing the vapor that you inhale. It’s a core with metal wire wrapped around it and when the battery is activated, the atomizer vaporizes the juice that’s on the wick, producing vapor.

Atomizer

Automatic

A special style of electronic cigarette(ecig)/vaporizer battery that when the user draws (inhales) on the mouthpiece, a sensor within the atomizer is activated by changing air pressure.

A common safety feature found on personal vaporizers that only allows the discharge of a battery for a set period of time.

Automatic Shutoff

Battery

It provides power to the heating element that turns the e juice into vapor

Auto batteries normally have a time limit on their operation cycle, to prevent pocket operation (Thermal Runaway) and burnout.

Battery Cutoff

Batting

A term used for the wadding or filler in the cartridges used in the old 3-piece mini ecig systems

Bottom Coil Clearomiser

BCC

BDC

Bottom Dual Coil Clearomiser

A bonut is a stainless pipe screen, rolled it into a thin tube about 2mm thick, then bent, forming it into a ring (more of a horseshoe shape really). A pipescreen is an 18mm diameter circular piece of stainless steel woven threaded mesh

Bonuts

Brick and Mortar (B&M)

A physical store where you can buy vaping related products.

Definition

Box Mods

Boxies

A group of vapers that prefer boxmods

The process of leaving an e-liquid open to the air so that any alcohol can evaporate off. Can mellow some flavors.

Breathing

Bridge

The wire mesh arch that is positioned above the heater coil in a regular atomiser

Slang for big tobacco companies.

BT

Burner

Slang for a traditional cigarette/cigar

Short for Bottom Vertical Coils

BVC

Carcinogen

Any chemical, compound, or substance thought to cause cancer.

The silicone plastic endcap placed over the ends of a new carto before sale to stop leakage and keep the product fresh.

Carto Condom

Cartomizer (Clearo)

A combined atomizer and cartridge that contains both the heating element and the liquid reservoir

A plastic or covered metal mouthpiece that is usually stuffed with some sort of absorbent filler material that holds e-juice.

Cartridge

CASAA

Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association

Battery charger that replenishes a discharged ecig battery

Charger

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Chimney

The central air channel up through a clearo or tank

A wide-bore driptip used for high-volume deep inhales of vapor for cloud-chasing

Chufftop/Chufftip

Cigalike, Cig-Alike

Resembles a tobacco cigarette

A device that provides benefits without drawbacks

Clean Nicotine Delivery System

Clearomizer, Clearo

A transparent version of a cartomizer, designed to let users know how much e liquid they have left.

Vapers who try to blow the largest vape clouds possible

Cloud-Chasers

Clouds

The vapor that is exhaled when using electronic cigarettes is referred to as clouds.

It wraps around the wick/cotton to take the juice on the wick, vaporize it, and produce vapor for you to inhale.

Coil

Coil Jig

A device that makes rebuilding your own coils much easier

Very many, ranging from the size, how many, the material, and the way it's braided.

Coil Types

Coil Winder

A tool used to wrap perfect coils every time

A new threading being implemented by some companies to better secure their atomizers to the batteries.

Cone Threads

Connection

This is the threaded piece that allows you to screw into an atomizer/cartomizer/clearomizer.

The replaceable cartridge in a tank system that contains the atomizer and wick

Core

Cracking

Tanks that use plastic window material are subject to cracking and leakage due to attack from citric acid and other components in e-liquid.

DCC

Dual Coil Cartomizer

Removing the bridge (and wick) from an atomizer

De-Bridge/De-Wick

Diacetyl

Diacetyl is a flavoring that can cause Bronchiolitis obliterans (otherwise known as Popcorn Lung) if inhaled in large concentrations. Most ejuice manufacturerers don't use it anymore

Direct-to-Lung inhale

Direct Inhale

Direct-Connect Mechmod, D/C Mod

A mechmod type that has no 510 connector at the top. The male 510 connector is screwed down into the device until it contacts the battery.

E-cigs meant to be used then disposed of

Disposable

DIY

Term used when you make your own e-juice

When double the amount of flavoring is used

Doubler

Drip On-Demand (DOD)

An add on that lets you "drip" e-juice directly on your coils/cotton

A removable mouthpiece used to block spit back of juice or adjust/add airflow

Drip Tip

Dripping

Vaping by adding a few drops of e liquid directly into the atomizer

Returns leaking/excess e-juice back into the atomizer

Dripshield

Dry Burn/Hit

Firing your mod with no cotton/e-juice on your coils. used to make sure your burn is even and/or to clean your coils

E-Cigar

An EV/PV that looks like a cigar

An EV/PV that looks like a cigarette

E-Cigarette

E-Liquid/E-Juice

Also known as "refill liquid", this is the liquid you vape

An EV/PV that looks like a pipe

E-pipe

E-Smoking

An old term to describe vaping

Electronic Cigarette Forum the most popular vaping based forum

ECF

eGo

The first mid-size e-cig, invented by Janty & originally made by Joyetech

A group formed in early 2009 made up of suppliers and manufacturers who combined resources to keep e-cigs a legal option in the USA.

Electronic Cigarette Association (ECA)

EV

Electronic (electric) Vaporizer

Filler / Filler Material

Absorbent material used to regulate e-juice flow to the atomizer

When too much e-juice has been added

Flooded Cartomizer/Atomizer

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA recently changed their stance on vaping, and pushed back the deeming regulation deadlines to 2022!

A community with lots of information on whatever topic the forum is about

Forums

Generation

As the technical aspects of vaping grew, every large influx resulted in a new "generation" of vape products

FDA acronym used to ensure people that the product that they are using is safe.

GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe)

Gurgling

What happens when too much juice has been added

Han Lik

The inventor of the modern e-cigarette

Placing e-juice in a warm place to increase the steeping time

Heat steeping

Heatsink

Designed to dissipate heat by allowing more airflow over more surface area

The higher the Ohm rating, the higher the resistance

High Resistance (HR)

Hot Spot

Spots on the atomizer coil that cause more heat than others

A topper and battery holder designed to fit together as a single unit

Hybrid

ICR / IMR

Lithium Ion Cobalt/Lithium Ion Manganese rechargable batteries

Mouth-to-Lung inhaling

Indirect Inhale

Joules

A unit of measurement in the SI system. It is equal to the energy of passing an electric current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm for one second.

Kanthal

Iron-Chromium-Aluminium alloy

Iron-Chromium-Aluminium alloy wire used for vaping

Kanthal Wire

Koh-gen-do

Organic Japanese cotton

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Lithium

Lizard Juice

American e-juice company based in Florida.

mA

Milliamps (1/1000 of an Amp) *Also see mAh

Large coil in size

Macro Coil

mAh

Milliamp Hours

Usually refers to the strength on nicotine in an e-juice

mg Strength

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Milligrams (Abbreviated as mg)

1/1000th of a gram

The amount of liquid in a container

Milliliters (mL)

Mouth to lung hit

Inhale vapor into your mouth before breathing it into your lungs

Nichrome Wire

Wire made of nickel, chromium, and (often) iron. Used in vaping, but considered low quality

Low resistance pure nickle wire

Nickel/Ni200

Nicotine (Nic)

An alkaloid found in tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family (eggplant).

Nickel metal hydride, a type of battery

NiMH

NRT

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Ohm (Ω)

Measurement of electrical resistance

Parallel

Batteries linked in parallel increase their overall mAh, increasing battery life, but not voltage

When a device can plug directly into a port for power and vape without worrying about battery life

Pass-Through, PT

PG

Propylene glycol, a main ingredient of e-juice

Pure Grain Alcohol

PGA

Puff / Drag / Hit

Inhaling vapor

E juice you've had for a questionable amount of time, e-juice is good for usually about a year. Also could mean e juice that you probably shouldn't vape for moral or ethical reasons.

Questionable Ejuice

RBA

Rebuildable atomizer

Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer

RDA

RDTA

Rebuildable Dripping Tank Atomizer

Another name for a PV

Rig

RTA

Rebuildable tank atomizer

SFATA

Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association

Wick building material with a high melting point

Silica

Stainless Steel

Material used for wire building

The basic unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω)

Standard Resistance

Starter Kit

Usually everything you need to start vaping

"Ageing" e-juice so that the flavors blend and taste better

Steeping

Stopping Point / Cutoff Point / Cutoff

A point at which a PV will stop firing

Thermal Runaway

When heat leads to a failure that causes more heat... a destructive cycle

The sensation caused by nicotine as it's inhaled against the throat.

Throat Hit

Titanium

Titanium is a chemical element (Metal) with symbol Ti and an atomic number of 22

Protects the ends or "tops" of your lithium batteries

Topper

Toppin’ Off

Filling your tank or dripper to the top, like topping off a drink

Unregulated

A mod that supplies raw power to an atomizer from the battery with no circuitry, power adjustments or safety features

Vape Vomit

Exhaling vapor with a pained look on your face, sometimes just for fun, sometimes because you got ahold of some ass juice.

When you take the first hit off of new cotton, in a new tank, on your favorite mod, the juice is good, and everything just aligns perfectly.

Vapegasm

Vapehole

Blake Vapes, or any obnoxious vaper. You know the type, chucking clouds while in line, blowing vapor in kids faces, vaping in no-smoking sections... yeah, you get it.

Someone who vapes

Vaper

Vapor

What you exhale when you vape

When you vape one flavor for too long and your taste buds get used to it

Vaper’s Tongue

Variable Power (VP), Variable Voltage/VV, Variable Wattage (VW)

Any mod/PV that lets you change the power settings in some way, be it voltage, wattage, amperage, ect...

Vegetable Glycerin

VG

Vooping

Vaping while you poop

Wick

A strip of porous material that absorbs and funnels ejuice, silica being the most popular

Installing a wick into an atomizer

Wicking

Yocan

Creator of the Yocan Evolve Plus, their focus is on lifestyle vape pens, atomizers, ect...

An ejuice subscription box

ZampleBox

Zero/No Nic

Ejuice with no nicotine added

18350

18mm x 35mm Lithium Battery

Most Popular Li-Ion Battery For PV's

18650

26650

Cell size used in large-format APVs

2-piece model has a battery and cartomizer

2-Piece

3-Piece

The 3-piece model was the original type of mini (cigalike), and consisted of a battery, atomizer and cartridge

A 510 threaded atomizer with low resistance.

306/LR306

401, 402, and 403

Also known as m401, m402, and m403. Specific lengths for a specific atomizer

Most popular and common style of threading for electronic cigarettes available

510

801

An atomizer that resembles a larger version of the 510

Another style of electronic cigarette

808/KR808

901

Female Threaded Atomizer, Not Compatible With 510

So… there you have it, we hope this glossary of vape terms helped you in some way, shape, or form. And remember, if you think there’s a term we missed, let us know, and we’ll slap it up there with vooping, vape-vomit, vapehole, ass-juice… you know, all those other great, important terms… We hope you've enjoyed Vape Craft Inc's Visual Vaping Dictionary.