VAPING LINGO DICTIONARY
High vaping rates among youth and young adults have introduced a plethora of new terms and keeping up with the latest lingo can be difficult. If you are wondering what the young people in your life are talking about, here is a list of some popular words, phrases, products and general language used to refer to vaping/e-cigarette use.
CLOSED POD SYSTEM
A type of device that uses disposable pods containing e-liquid (typically ~200-500 puffs). The body of these devices can be recharged and the disposable pods can be replaced with new compatible pods. JUUL BLU NJOY VUSE Vibe/Alto
OPEN/REFILLABLE SYSTEM, REFILLABLE DEVICES
These systems require vape juice and come in three varieties: box mods, pens and refillable pods. These devices have Box Mod Suorin Drop Suorin Air tanks or pods that are continuously refilled with vape juice and the pods/ tanks are not thrown away after one use. These systems are used more by “hobbyist” vapers because they require more upkeep and are typically modified NOVO Vape Juice to be able to do tricks.
DISPOSABLES
Devices that are not refillable and are intended for one-time use. These typically have ~200 puffs and some examples include Puff Bars, Stig, Pop, Posh, Hyde and Cuvie (HQD). BIDI Stick Cuvie (HQD) Puff Bars Posh Vape Stig
Updated: June 2020 Battery, Batt The part that provides Hit, Dab, Rip, Ripski, Draw, Tax, Starter Kit A kit that includes basic power to the heating element to JUUL, Drag Refers to a single “puff” e-cigarette equipment designed warm the e-liquid and produce vapor from a vape device for newcomers to vaping. Most starter kits come with one or more Blanks Empty cartridges a user can Juice, E-liquid, Liquid, E-Juice The atomizers, one or more batteries, fill with the e-juice of their choice liquid that is vaporized when using a charger and five cartridges an e-cigarette Cartridge, Cart A refillable vape juice sometimes pre-filled with juice. container Greening Act of throwing up after Stig A disposable vaping device that hitting THC Charger Used to recharge the e-cig comes in a variety of flavors, has battery once it has been depleted JUULius Caesar, JUULia, JUULiet, about as many puffs as an entire JUULian, JUULio, JUJU, JUU etc. Clone A knock-off of an original pack of cigarettes and contains Nicknames for JUUL device that is typically less expensive 1.2mL of salt-based nicotine e-liquid Milligrams (mg) The measure for Clouds What vapers call the vape mist Tank The top portion of a box mod or the amount of nicotine found in vape that’s produced during vaping refillable pen that holds the e-liquid juice Dab pen A Dab pen is used primarily Throat Hit/Kick The tingling feeling Milliters (ml) The measure for the for consuming THC concentrates in the back of the throat when amount of liquid in a pod/cartridge and using the device is typically vaporizing e-liquid that contains also referred to as “vaping.” These Mint Gang, Mango Gang A group that nicotine devices look and work much like vapers can identify with if they are Vape Juice/E-Juice Vape juice is other vape pens. mint or mango vape juice users used in open/refillable systems and Dank Vapes The “most prominent Mod A third generation e-cigarette comes in a variety of flavors. Vape in a class of largely counterfeit that does not resemble combustible juice typically contains nicotine brands, with common packaging cigarettes. These devices often allow and is made of vegetable glycerin that is easily available online and users to customize the batteries, or propylene glycol, water and used by distributors to market THC- tanks and coils within the device to flavorings. There are more than containing cartridges,” according to modify the temperature, voltage and 7,000 e-juice flavors on the market a Centers for Disease Control and resistance to create different clouds. including menthol, fruit, dessert, Prevention report on e-cigarette or coffee, alcoholic beverage and cigar Nic Nicotine vaping product use-associated lung flavors. injury. (see: EVALI) Nic Sticc, Wop Machine, Wop Vape Nation A collective group of Nicknames for vape devices EVALI E-cigarette or vaping product vapers who pride themselves on use-associated lung injury. The Nick Sick Refers to non-specific vape tricks and promoting them CDC created the term in response symptoms of exposure to nicotine, Vapors Tongue Taste buds that have to a multi-state outbreak of severe especially if it is above someone’s become desensitized lung illnesses linked with using tolerance Vit E Vitamin E Acetate, which has e-cigarette and vaping products. Pod A non-reusable pre-filled been linked to illness related to These cases were first identified in container of vape juice that snaps/ vaping THC August 2019 and by November 5, slides into a device 2019, there were more than 2000 Zero, Stealth Mode When a user does cases in 49 states, D.C. and the U.S. Puff Bars A disposable vaping not release the e-cigarette vapor Virgin Islands and 39 deaths. product that comes in a variety of after taking a puff in an attempt to flavors, including strawberry, lychee hide their use Fiend, Fiending Someone who Ice, OMG (orange, mango, guava), is always trying to find nicotine blue razz, watermelon and lush. ZYN A nicotine pouch brand that (they may or may not think they’re comes in several flavors and nicotine addicted) Rip it Refers to vaping as much as a strengths. Nicotine pouches are user can tolerate a type of smokeless product that Ghost A vape trick where a user will dissolves in the mouth. pull as much as they can and not Skin A sticker that the user can wrap exhale to show toughness their device in to personalize it
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