Analog - A traditional tobacco cigarette

Atomizer – Also known as an “atty” for short This is the part of the electronic cigarette that heats up the e-liquid and turns it into vapor. Various Atomizers will look different depending on the make and model of personal vaporizer that you have or are considering getting.

B

Battery – Kind of obvious when you sit and think about it. The battery’s job is to deliver power to the atomizer. Again the battery will look different depending on your device.

Blanks – Cartridges with dry filler material to be filled with e-liquid by the user. Also a cartridge with the filler material removed to be used as just a mouthpiece when dripping liquid.

C

CASAA - Consumer Advocates for Smoking Alternatives Association

Cartomizer – A type of cartridge that combines the cartridge and atomizer in one unit. Easy to use but I find them messy to refill.

Cartridge (aka Cart) - The part that makes up the mouthpiece for the electronic cigarette and contains a reservoir with filler material to hold the e-liquid.

Coil - The part inside the atomizer that heats up. (…but not to the point of Combustion.)

Cut off - A safety feature of some electronic cigarette models. The battery shuts down to prevent atomizer from overheating. Many newer models ignore the implementation of this feature at the request of many users.

D

Dipping – The technique of dipping an exposed atomizer coil into e-liquid. This works for the M401/402 type atomizers as well as the 306.

DIY – Do-It-Yourself. Within the vaping community there is a growing trend for mixing your own e-juice flavors. On the whole this is cheaper and the results can sometimes be quite surprising.

Dripping – The technique of dripping e-liquid directly from the bottle onto the atomizer coil. (Tip: 3 is the Magic number)

E

ECCA – Electronic Cigarette Consumer Association

ECF - e-cigarette-forum.com is one of the most popular forums about electronic cigarettes and has a large user base that are more than willing to share information.

E-cig – Sometimes saying a whole word just takes tooo… long many electronic cigarette users like to refer to their electronic cigarette as an E-cig for short.

E-liquid – The mother liqueur, E-liquid is the term used to describe the liquid used in an electronic cigarette to produce the vapor.  other nonemclature you may come across on the forums and blogs are nic-liquid, juice, e-juice, niquid, nic-juice. The most popular however still remain E-liquid and E-Juice.

F

FDA – An abbreviation of the Food and Drug Administration. In the United States it is the Food and drug Administration that governs the legality and therefore the sale or prohibition thereof of the Electronic Cigarette.

L

Lung Hit – The feeling in your chest as you inhale the vapor directly into your lungs (The hit varies depending on the liquid used and it’s nicotine content)

M

Manual Switch – Switch operated by user to turn battery power on/off

MG – Milligram, used when describing the nicotine content of eliquid or ejuice. Nicotine strengh is also sometimes described by it's pecentage (%) …e.g.  12mg = 1.2% , 36mg=3.6% and so on.

mil·li·gram  (ml-grm)

ML - Milliliter is  the industry standard for the measuring of e-liquid/juice

Mod – A modification or moderator depending on context in which it is being used

N

NRT – Nicotine Replacement Therapy. It is important to note that the Electronic cigarette is not an NRT. Consensus is that the Electronic Cigarette is an alternative to traditional smoking and should be marketed to you as such.

P

PCC – Personal Charging Case

PEG – polyethylene glycol

Personal Vaporizer – Another name for and electronic cigarette. Used by some vendors and users alike to try and disassociate themselves from the traditional smoking habit.

PG – propylene glycol

T

Throat Hit - Feeling in your throat caused by vapor being inhaled. The sensation is somewhat analogous to eating a chili as often it is the same chemical present in the E-Liquid that is the catalyst.

U

USB Passthrough - is an empty battery casing which has a wire and a USB plug and runs directly off your computer’s power, Very useful when at home as it saves the power on your regular batteries for when your out and about.

UKV – UK Vapers (A Forum of electronic cigarette users based in the United Kingdom)

V

Vaper – An electronic cigarette user

Vaping - The “present tense” description of using an electronic cigarette.

Vapor – the smoke like cloud of steam  produced by exhaling whilst using your electronic cigarette

VG – Vegetable Glycerine