List of the many abbreviations used on the forum, courtesy of ecig wiki & a few updates from me.
* AAE-C - All About E-cigarettes forum.
* AFS - Automatic Feed System
* Analog - Traditional tobacco cigarette
* Atty - Atomizer
* BB - Black Beauty (AltSmoke)
* BFM - Blue Foam Mod (cart filler material)
* BP - "Big Pharma" - large, multi-national pharmaceutical companies
* BSB - Black Silver Bullet (AltSmoke)
* BT - "Big Tobacco" - large, trans-national tobacco companies, such as RJ Reynolds, BAT, Philip Morris etc
* C9V - Cloud 9 Vaping (Supplier)
* Cart - Short for cartridge- The part of the electronic cigarette which contains the liquid. These come blank (with no liquid), or pre-filled.
*Carto - Short for Cartomiser. These are carts with an atomiser built in.
* CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association
* cc - cubic centimeter (1 cc = 1 ml)
*Clearo - Clearomiser, similar to a cartomiser but without the wadding.
* cm - centimeter (1 cm = 0.394 inch)
* CN - China
* DBSB - Double Barrel Silver Bullet (AltSmoke)
* DC - Dual Coil
* DCC - Dual Coil Cartomizer
* DIY - Do It Yourself
* DK - Dekang (World's largest e-liquid supplier)
* DOA - Dead On Arrival
* dr - dram (1 dram = 3.7 ml)
* Dripping - To place a few drops of liquid directly onto the atomizer instead of using a cartridge.
* Dry Smoking - Same thing as dripping, refering to the fact that the cartridge us usually not filled, therefore dry.
* DT - Drip Tip
* E-Liquid - Flavored or unflavored liquid for use in an electronic cigarette, usually (but not always) containing nicotine.
* ECA - Electronic Cigarette Association (until 2010)
* ECCA UK - Electronic Cigarette Consumer Association UK
* ECF - e-cigarette-forum
* ECR - E-cig Review Forum
* ELP - ELiquidPlanet (Supplier)
* EMDCC - eGo Mega Dual Coil Cartomizer
* EST - E-smokeytreats (Supplier)
* ETA - Edited to Add
* ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
* FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
* Filler - The clump of fibers that hold the liquid in the cartridge
* FV - Fixed Voltage
* GG - Golden Greek (The GG)
* GP - Good Prophets (Supplier)
* GRAS - Generally recognized as safe an FDA designation that covers PG and VG
* HC - Health Canada or Health Cabin (vendor)
* HR - High Resistance (Atomizer/Cartomizer)
* HV - High Voltage (typically a 5 or 6 volt e-cigarette)
* IMR - A battery with lower internal resistance and a high discharge rate, good for high drain applications like e-cigarettes
* in - inch (also abbreviated ") (1 inch = 25.4 mm)
* JC - Short for Johnson Creek, a brand of e-liquids
* JS - Janty Stick
* Juice/E-Juice/Smoke Juice - Another term for E-Liquid
* KB - Kissbox (Janty)
* KR8 - KR808D-1
* LR - Low Resistance (Atomizer/Cartomizer)
* LV - Light Vaper (Mod)
* LXP - LiquidXpress (Supplier)
* mA - milliamp (often used as a measure of available power)
* mAh - milliamp hour (often used as a measure of battery capacity/duration)
* MFS - My Freedom Smokes (Supplier)
* mg - milligram (often used as measure of nicotine per ml of e-liquid)
* MHRA - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (UK)
* ml - milliliter (1 ml = 0.034 fluid ounce)
* mm - millimeter (1 mm = 0.039 inch)
* Mod - Forum Moderator
* Mod - Modified (custom built) e-cigarette
* MOQ - Minimum Order Quantity
* MVS - My Vapor Store (Supplier)
* Nic - Nicotine
* NPG - Not containing Propylene Glycol. Sometimes used as a synonym to Vegetable Glycerin.
* NRT - Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patch, gum, etc.)
* NVC - National Vapers Club
* OD - Overdose
* OP - Original Post or Poster
* oz - Ounce (1 fluid oz = 29.5 ml)
* Passthrough - A USB adapter for the Electronic Cigarette which screws onto the atomizer like a battery, but draws power from a USB port.
* PC - Powder Coat or Coating
* PCC - Personal Charging Case / Portable Charger Case
* PD - Prodigy (PureSmoker)
* PEG - Propylethylene Glycol
* PG - Propylene Glycol
* PGA - Pure Grain Alcohol (aka Everclear)
* PH - Public Health
* PM - Private Message
* Primer Puff - A short, quick mouth-inhale on the electronic cigarette similar to the action when smoking a pipe or cigar. This heats up the atomizer before a full draw.
* PS - PureSmoker (Supplier)
* PT - Passthrough - A USB adapter for the Electronic Cigarette which screws onto the atomizer like a battery, but draws power from a USB port.
* PTB - Pyramid Tea Bag (cart filler material)
* PV - Personal vaporizer - An electronic cigarette. Some prefer to use this term as the word 'cigarette' has a lot of negative connotations associated with it that do not apply to PVs.
* PWM - Pulse Width Modulation (Variable Voltage)
* QC - Quality Control
* RD - Ruyan Direct (Supplier)
* RYO - Roll Your Own analog cigarettes
* SB - Silver Bullet (AltSmoke)
* SD - Trog's Screwdriver Mod
* SE - Smoking Everywhere (Supplier)
* SLB - Shenzhen Sailebao Technology Co. (Manufacturer)
* SR - Standard Resistance (Atomizer/Cartomizer)
* SS - Stainless Steel
* SS - Super-Six (Super T Manufacturing)
* Stuffing - Another term for filler
* TAB - Turkish American Blend (E-liquid)
* Tailpiping - Vaping directly from the atomizer without using a mouthpiece/cartridge
* TAWA - Throw Away Atomizer (no warranty)
* TH - Throat hit
* Topping Up/Off - To add a few drops of liquid to a partially used cartridge to prolong its use
* TV - Tasty Vapor (Supplier)
* TW - Totally Wicked (Supplier)
* UFS - Uninterrupted Feed System (The GG)
* UKV - UK Vapers forum
* ULRA - Ultra Low Resistance Atomizer
* V4L - Vapor4Life (Supplier)
* Vaping - The act of using an Electronic Cigarette (as opposed to "smoking", as the device creates a vapor rather than smoke)
* VG - Vegetable Glycerin
* VK - Vapor King (Vapor4Life)
* VV - Variable Voltage
* WHO - World Health Organization
* XH - XHaler (Nhaler)
Plus a link to an abbreviation thread on ECF -
www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/21069-ecf-abbreviations-101-a.html