FAQ: What are the Common Vaping Terminologies?

Credits to Sky Provape Sagcal of the Pinoy Vapers Forum for the compilation of the terminologies.

• PV/Mod - "Personal Vaporizer" or "Mod" (slang) is a term that we use for our electronic cigarettes
• APV - "Advanced Personal Vaporizer" a term that we use for more advanced ecigs w/c usually encorporates different features such as variable voltage/variable wattage
• HYBRID - a term for when an APV has the atomizer as a part of the unit and there is no way to seperate the two. An example of this is the Orion.
• Full Mechanical/Full Mech - A type of PV wherein there are no wires needed to power up the device. Usually consists of positive and negative contacts, a firing trigger and a firing lock.
• Brass Mods - PVs made mostly out of brass for example, the Pipebomb V3
• Wood Mods - PVs wherein the unit is made out of wood for example, the ATB.
• Custom Mods - PVs wherein the unit is customized and built from different casings, parts and accessories for example, the Smint Mod. 
• SS - Stainless STEEL not STEAL
• Bottom Fire - a PV wherein the firing mechanism is installed on the bottom of the device for example, the Torpedo.
• Side Fire/ Side Switch - a PV wherein the firing mechanism is installed on the side usually near the bottom base of the device for example, the HRT, GGTS. 
• Atty - slang for Atomizer
• RA/RBA - slang for Rebuildable Atomizer
• E-juice/Juice/E-liquid - the liquid that is dripped on our atomizers
• Wick - the part of our atomizer that absorbs our e-juice
• Wire - the part of our atomizer that vaporizes our e-juice
• Telescopic - A PV's feature wherein it can be adjusted in order to fit the battery size that you will load into them.
• VV - Slang for variable voltage. An APV's feature wherein it's voltage can be adjusted to match the resistance of your build. For example, the Provari.
• VW- Slang for variable wattage. Same as vv but instead of adjusting the voltage, you adjust it by wattage. For example, the Darwin.
• VV/VW Mods - an APV wherein it can be adjusted using either it's VV or VW settings for example, the Zmax
• AFC - Slang for Air Flow Control. A feature on a rebuildable atomizer wherein the airhole/s in the topcap is regulated usually by a ring attached to it for example, the Fatty v2 RA.
• VD - Slang for Voltage Drop. The number, usually measured in volts is derived from the difference between the readings of a battery's current voltage and it's voltage when inserted and used into a PV.