Vape is a world full of barbaric terms, often Anglo-Saxon, difficult to and sometimes obscure for those who begin.

Here you will find a list of the most common terms, with their definitions. Words in bold refer to another definition in the list.

- 510: standard drip tip size (⌀8.5mm) or screw pitch

- 810: standard wide drip tip format (⌀12.5mm)

- Accu: a battery of electricity, it is nothing more or less than a rechargeable element.

- Airflow: or air flow, which passes through the atomizer, often mistakenly confused with the Air Hole.

- Air hole(s): the hole(s) where the Airflow is sucked in and out of the atomizer.

- Priming: the action of soaking the juice cotton, either on a Coil .

- Flavouring: a concentrate specially designed to create your own e-liquid (DIY)

- Atomizer (Ato): generic term for any device for vaporizing liquid under the action of heat (Clearomizer or Reconstructible)

- Base (atomiser): the lower part of the atomiser, the cradle of the deck or the coil.

- Base (juice): the main component of liquids, consisting of a variable mixture of PG and VG.

- BF (Bottom Feed): a device that feeds an Atomizer through its pierced Pin 510 with pressure on a flexible bottle built into the Box.

- Bottom Coil: a type of Atomizer where the Juice is fed from the bottom of the Tank, located above the Deck.

- Booster: a 10ml bottle with a high nicotine content used as a nicotine additive to a Juice.

- Box: generic term for the box containing the batteries, the Chipset and sometimes a BF bottle, which is used to power the setup.

- Bypass: term for the direct power supply from the Accu without the regulation provided by the Chipset.

- Cartomiser: a liquid cartridge with an immersed wick, the ancestor of Atomisers and Clearomisers

- CBD (Cannabidiol): a molecule naturally present in cannabis and devoid of THC, a constituent of certain juices.

- CDR (Constant Discharge Rate): the only value to be taken into account for batteries, the maximum discharge (MDR/CDM) having no legitimacy.

- Chain Vaping: The fact of chaining Puffs at a sustained rate.

- Chipset: all the components of a printed circuit in a box, designed to regulate the current.

- Clearomiser: an atomiser that uses screw-in coils, unlike a Reconstructible

- Cloud Chasing: a vaping practice that favours the production of a large amount of vapour over the faithful reproduction of flavours.

- Coil: a spring resistance designed to heat up under the electrical action and vaporise the Juice.

- Connector 510: the threaded base on a box or tube that is designed to hold the atomizer.

- CT (Temperature Control, or TC): a vape mode that regulates the temperature of the vapour for a given wattage.

- Deck: the part of the Atomiser that supports the Assembly, consisting of the Posts, Air Holes and Juice Holes.

- DIY (Do It Yourself): making your own Juices by combining various ingredients (Base, Flavour Boosters). 

- Drip Tip: the mouthpiece of the Atomizer from which the vapour comes out (see 510 and 810).

- Dripper (or RDA): a family of Atomizers, often of the Reconstructible type, which do not have a Tank.

- Dry Burn: cleaning technique that consists of dry burning (without cotton) the residues deposited on the Coil.

- Dry Hit: very unpleasant dry puff on cotton insufficiently supplied with Juice

- DTL (Direct To Lung): refers to air-draft atomisers, sometimes suffixed with R for restrictive.

- Dual: refers to either a dual coil assembly or a dual battery box.

- Flush: refers to the aesthetic suitability of a setup, with the Atomiser not protruding from the edges of the Box.

- Juice (or e-liquid): composed of Base, Flavourings, Nicotine, it is intended to produce steam by vaporization.

- Juice Control: a device found in some Atomisers that regulates the supply of Juice.

- Juice Hole(s): hole(s) on the Deck for feeding the cotton with Juice.

- Hit: sensation of steam passing through the throat, giving a little tingle, linked to the ratio of PG in the Juice.

- Hot Spot: refers to an area of the Coil that reddens faster than the rest and is the result of poor Roasting.

- Hybrid: refers to a Box or Mecha tube that does not have a 510 connector, and where the 510 pin of the Atomiser is in direct contact with the pole of the Battery.

- Mecha(nique): refers to a family of boxes or tubes that are NOT regulated, the power supply being direct from the Accu.

- Mesh: literally mesh, designates the coils elements formed by a fine grid.

- Mod: refers to a family of regulated boxes or tubes with a Chipset.

- Montage: refers to the installation of the Coil (and by extension the cotton) on the Deck.

- MTL (Mouth To Lung): refers to tight draw atomisers, requiring reduced power.

- Nicotine: an alkaloid naturally present in tobacco leaves, addictive but not harmful, released as a psychoactive substance and generally present in Juices.

- Ohm: a unit of measurement for the resistance of a coil or resistor.

- Passthrough: technology that allows a box to be used while it is charging.

- PAV : ready-made Juice, as opposed to DIY.00

- Tray: see Deck.

- Pin 510: the central screw in the threaded base of an atomiser that connects the positive pole.

- PG (Propylene Glycol): the proportional component of a Base and responsible for the Hit.

- Post(s): refers to the supports of the Deck that hold the Coil(s).

- Postless: literally without Posts, the legs of the Coils being fixed in holes of the Deck.

- Pre-Heat: a technique that applies increased power to the Coil(s) or Resistance for a very short period of time to ensure a quicker heat up.

- Power Vaping: a vaping technique that creates maximum vapour at the expense of flavour.

- Puff: corresponds to the aspiration of a puff.

- RBA (Rebuildable Atomizer): refers to a Reconstructible Deck often optional for a Clearomizer.

- RDA (Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer): refers to a family of Reconstructible Atomizers without a Tank, requiring a manual drip feed of Juice.

- RDTA (Rebuildable Dripping Tank Atomizer): refers to a family of Top Coil Reconstructible Atomizers with the Deck placed above the Tank.

- Reconstructible: refers to a family of Atomisers that have a Deck and use Coils, as opposed to Clearomisers.

- Resistance: refers to either the Ohms value of the Assembly or the replaceable heating element of a Clearomizer.

- Roasting: the technique of heating a coil before putting the cotton in to eliminate hot spots.

- RSA or RDSA (Rebuildable Squonking Atomizer): refers to a family of Reconstructible Atomizers without a Tank, but with a Pin 510 drilled for bottom feeding on a BF Box.

- RTA (Rebuildable Tank Atomizer): refers to a family of Rebuildable Atomizers with a Tank above the Deck.

- SbS (Side by Side): a box with an offset atomiser to reduce the overall height.

- Nicotine Salts: a form of Nicotine that is more rapidly assimilated by the body, present in some Juices.

- Setup: refers to the box (or tube) + atomiser.

- Single: refers to either a single Coil setup or a single Accu Box.

- Spit-Back: a way of getting the Juice back into the vaper's mouth through the Drip Tip.

- Squonk: a system that allows the Juice to be injected directly from the base of the RSA with a simple press on a silicone bottle in a BF Box.

- Steep: maturation period essential for DIY.

- Sub-Ohm: literally means a resistance of less than 1Ω, a usual value on a DTL Atomiser.

- Sweet Spot: the ideal power range for a given resistance value.

- Switch: the main button on a box or tube that activates the flow of current.

- Tank: Juice tank on an RTA or RDTA.

- TCR: precise heating value applicable to CT vape.

- Top Cap: top part of an Atomiser, giving access to the filling holes or allowing the adjustment of the Airflow.

- Top Coil: a type of Atomiser where the Juice is fed through the top of the Tank, located under the Deck.

- TPD (Tobacco Product Directive): European regulations governing vape products.

- Slayer: a realistic name for the cigarette.

- Velocity: type of Deck with 2 vertical Posts, of which the GeekVape Tsunami RDA was one of the precursors.

- VG (Vegetable Glycerin): proportional component of a Base and responsible for the vapour.

- Voltage: a mode that allows you to vary the voltage to change your settings.

- Voltage Drop: partial loss of voltage from the battery as it travels through the various elements of the circuit. Due to the internal resistance of the Mod/tube, but also that of the battery itself.

- Wattage: mode that allows you to vary the power to modify your settings.

- Wrap: the replaceable outer shell of a battery.