Cigar Terms

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Devils site – usually refers to cigarbid but can also mean any type of cigar auction format

BOTL or SOTL – Brother of the Leaf or Sister of the Leaf – fellow tobacco enthusiasts

ISOM – Island South of Miami – where magical Cuban cigars come from

RG – refers to either the diameter of the cigar as measured in 1/64th of an inch, so a 42 rg would be 42/64 of an inch. Can also refer to reputation points given to others on the forum when they consider your post worthy of rg.

rH – relative humidity – the amount of humidity in the air <- very simple term

Boxed press – squarish/rectangle shape a cigar gets from being packed tightly in the box

Vitola – term used to express the size and shape of a cigar, examples: corona, robusto, Churchill

pc – petite corona, a cigar that is about 5 1/8 inches long with a 42 rg

Humidor – device for storing cigars and maintaining a relatively stable rH for cigars to remain smokable

SP – Spanish Cedar – neither Spanish nor cedar, the formal name is Cedrela odorata and is part of the mahogany family. Is used to control rH, repel cigar beetles and provide a pleasant aroma to cigars

Cigar beetle – nasty little critter that will ruin a cigar collection faster than the IRS can take your money

ROTT - Right Off The Truck - Cigar smoked very soon after being received from online merchant

B&M - Brick & Mortar - Cigar vendor who maintains retail space to sell cigars to the public, often includes a smoking lounge

Plume- claimed to be a whiteish "powered" or "dust" that cigars get get when the conditions are right in the humidor or the cigar is aging well....... JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER ITS NEVER PLUME

CC - Cuban cigar

NC - Non Cuban cigar

DogRocket: Not only a name of a goofball of a forum member, but a term given to the nastiest of cigars.

rH - relative humidity - the amount of moisture (water vapor) in the air (or an isolated sample of air, like a humidor) at any given temperature compared against the maximum possible amount of moisture the air in question will hold at that same temperature. 50% rH means the air in question is holding exactly half the water that it could possibly hold were an infinite source of pure water available for evaporation. <- a not so simple explanation

Mad or Maddie = maduro

Cab - cabinet

SLB - slide lid box

Tupperdor- A airtight piece of tupperware that has been repurposed as a humidor
Wineador- A wine cabinet, usually one that uses thermoelectric cooling, that has been repurposed as a humidor
Fridgeador- A refrigerator that has been repurposed as a humidor

All of these items require some type of humidification media and some spanish cedar as a buffer for maintaining humidity

Media
HF Beads- Heartfelt Beads are silica beads that give off and take in humidity often called two-way media

KL- Fragrance Free Silica Kitty Litter can also be used similar to HF beads as a two-way media in your humidor. Due to its cheap price KL is perfect for large humidors, fridgeadors and wineadors

Boveda- Another media for adding humidity to your humidor great for tupperdors and small humidors

DW-Distilled water, the only thing you should use to recharge your media

SC- Kiln dried spanish cedar is the best wood for cigar storage

Herf-Get together to smoke cigars

Hygrometer - instrument used to measure the moisture content in the atmosphere

OR - Original Release

LE - Limited Edition