Abbreviations in the ECig World

Most industries have their own special language and this jargon can take some time getting used to. The electronic cigarette industry makes no exceptions. We have a lot of interesting terms  that we use to describe products, methods, and other e-cig related information. When a person is new to vaping it can be difficult to understand all the terms. Not only that, but many of these words have abbreviations to learn as well!

Here is a list of some words and their abbreviations from the vaping world:

• Amp (amperage)
• Atty (atomizer)
• Auto (automatic, as in ‘automatic battery’)
• Batt (battery)
• Cart/carto (cartomizer)
• DT (drip tip)
• E-cig/ecig/e-cigarette (electronic cigarette)
• LED (light-emitting diode)
• mA (milliampere)
• mah (milliamps hour)
• mg (miligram, as in ‘I use a nicotine strength of 18mg’)
• ml (milileter, as in ‘Premium Nobacco Juice 30ml bottle’)
• Mod (modified e-cig)
• OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
• OVK  (Vapor4Life-branded Original Vapor King battery)
• PG (propylene glycol)
• PT (passthrough)
• PV (personal vaporizer)
• TH (throat hit)
• VG (vegetable glycerin)
• V (volt, as in ‘my battery  carries about 4.2V’)
• VT (Vapor4Life-branded Vapor Titan battery)

Can you think of any other abbreviations that you use when talking about e-cigarettes? Tell me what they are in the comment section below.