Cigar Terms

[piperdown]

Devil’s site, BOTL, ISOM, and other odd cigar terms
Throwing out a list of terms:

AF - Arturo Fuente Cigars

AB - Alec Bradley Cigars

LP - Liga Privada

DE - Drew Estates

Aging - The generally accepted rule of thumb is that anything 2 years or less is "rest"; beyond that is "age".

Devil's Site – usually refers to Cigarbid (Cbid) but loosely refers to 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 moisture in the air relative to it's volume

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

Figurado - refers to the shape of the cigar, typically having taper at both ends.

Perfecto - a traditional Cuban vitola, tapering equally at both ends.

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

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

SC – 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

Dog Rocket - a term given to the nastiest of cigars

CC - Cuban cigar

NC - Non Cuban cigar

B&M- Brick and mortar, your local shop

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

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

Resting - Allowing a newly acquired cigar to acclimate to the rH in your humidor, complete the final fermentation and release associated undesirable gasses

Cab - cabinet

SLB - slide lid box

Tupperdor - A Tupperware(or other plastic) container used to store cigars. Usually with pieces of spanish cedar inside.

Coolidor - cooler used to store cigars. May have shelves and usually has pieces of spanish cedar inside.

Hygrometer (hygro) - instrument used to measure the moisture content in the atmosphere

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

HF Beads; also HFB - Heartfelt Beads are silica gel crystals that give off and take in humidity often called two-way media

KL- Fragrance Freee 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

Silca Gel - A porous granular crystal form of silicon dioxide, very good at absorbing water. Used for humidification for cigars. When specific amounts of mineral salts are bound, can be used as a two-way system; both absorbing and evaporating to a specific set point.

Shilala Beads - HCM beads, created by Scott Shilala. A true, two-way humidification system, which also absorb ammonia gas.

OR - Original Release

LE - Limited Edition

RE - Regional Edition

Maduro - literally translated: mature; an elaborate method of fermentation, which results in the distinctive dark brown color, usually sweet, offering rich roasted/toasted notes, the darkest of which, "Oscuro", almost black, but lacking the characteristic sweetness of a lighter maduro.

Natural - a leaf which has not gone through any but the minimal fermentation process to convert sugars, having a light color, in contrast to maduro


Add to it please and I'll keep expanding the list

[Emperor Zurg]

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

[Horseshoe]

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

[tnlawyer]

CC - Cuban cigar
NC - Non Cuban cigar

[Demuths1770]

B&M- Brick and mortar, your local shop

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

[Billb1960]

ROTT - Right Off The Truck - Cigar smoked very soon after being received from online merchant
Resting - Allowing a newly acquired cigar to acclimate to the rH in your humidor

[HIM]

Cab - cabinet

SLB - slide lid box

Tupperdor - A Tupperware(or other plastic) container used to store cigars. Usually with pieces of spanish cedar inside.

Coolidor - cooler used to store cigars. May have shelves and usually has pieces of spanish cedar inside.

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

[Browns7213]

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 Freee 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

[chris19]

Was trying to copy and paste to make one list a bunch posted while I was in the process!!!

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

[Sticky B]

Disclaimer: I lifted this from elsewhere - but it's a pretty solid compilation

Cigar Related Terms
B&M = Brick and Mortar – physical store to purchase tobacco in
BOMB = unsolicited gift (short answer)
BOTL = Brother of the Leaf
CA = Cigar Aficionado
CAS = Cigar Acquisition Syndrome
CC = Cuban cigar
Cab = Cabinet...wooden sliding top box containing 50 sticks...
Dry box = Putting cigars you intend to smoke in the near future in a box (typically a desktop humidor) to lower their RH (dry them out a bit). Some here (me) prefer to smoke many Cuban cigars at a lower RH than they typically store them at. You can do it randomly, relying on the lower ambient RH in your room or as I do with 60% RH beads in the humidor.
Herf = A gathering of people enjoying cigars and the company of each other
ISOM = Island South of Miami (i.e. Cuba)
MAW - Make a Wish
“Newb”, “Newbie”- relatively new to cigar smoking
ROTT = Right Off The Truck
SBN - Semi Boite Nature, a wooden box with a flat, hinged lid and a clasp
SOTL = Sister of the Leaf


Cigars
898UV = 898 Unvarnished
898V = 898 Varnished
AF - Arturo Fuente
AFSS - Arturo Fuente Short Story
AVSG=Ashton Virgin Sun Grown
BBF= Bolivar Belicos Finos
BBMF - (Special Release Opus) Big Bad Mother F&^%#$
BCG = Bolivar Coronas Gigantes
BCJ = Bolivar Corona Jr.
Beli = Belicoso
Boli = Bolivar
BRC= Bolivar Royal Corona
BTL = Hemingway Between The Lines
CE = Corona Extra
CF = Cigar Family
CG = Corona Gorda
Cohibo = Fake Cohiba
Connie - Consuerga
CoRo = Cohiba Robusto
CS = Conneticut Shade Wrapper or Choix Supreme (ERDM)
DC= Double Corona
DP = Davidoff Dom Perignon
DR = Dominican Republic
EL = Edition Limitada
EPI 1 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 1
EPI 2 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 2
Epi#1 = HdM Epicure No. 1
Epi#2 = HdM Epicure No. 2
ERDM = El Rey Del Mundo
Fauxhiba = Fake Cohiba
FFOX = Fuente Fuente Opus X
HB = Davidoff Haut Brione
HC = Havana Club Cuban Rum
HdM = Hoyo de Monterrey
- HdM DC = Hoyo de Monterrey Double Corona
- HdM Epi#1 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 1
- HdM Epi#2 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2
HU = H. Upmann
HU2 = H Upmann #2
HUSW = H Uppman Sir Winston
JdN = Joya de nicaragua
JL = Juan Lopez
JL1 = Juan Lopez Seleccion No 1
JL2 = Juan Lopez Seleccion No 2
LBMF - (Special Release Opus) Lil' Bad Mother F&^%#$
LCDH = La Casa del Habano
LGC = La Gloria Cubana
LGCT= La Gloria Cubana Tainos
LGC7 - La Gloria Cubana Series 7
LGT= La Gloria Cubana Tainos
Luci = Partagas Lusitania
Mad, Maddie = Maduro
Mag46 = H. Upmann Magnum 46
MC = Montecristo
-MC#1 = Montecristo No. 1
-MC#2 = Montecristo No. 2
-MC#3 = Montecristo No. 3, etc.
MCA = Montecristo A
Monte = Montecristo
- Monte#1 = Montecristo No. 1
- Monte#2 = Montecristo No. 2
- Monte#5 = Montecristo No. 5, etc.
Nat = Natural
Nattie = natural (cameroon, Conneticut Shade, etc.)
NC = Non-Cuban
OSG=Original Sun Grown
PAM = Padron Anniversario Maduro
PAN = Padron Anniversario Natural
PBP = Punch Black Prince
PC = Petit Corona
PERF X = FFOX Perfexcion X
PLPC = Por Larranaga Petit Corona
PP = Punch Punch
PSD4 = Partagas Series D No.4
RA = Ramon Allones
RAG = Ramon Allones Gigantes
RAPC = Rampn Allones Petit Corona
RASCC = Ramon Allones Small Club Corona
RASS = Ramon Allones Specially Selected
RG = Rafael Gonzalez
RP - Rocky Patel
RS = Royal Selection
RyJ = Romeo y Julieta
RyJ CF = Romeo y Julieta Celestiales Finos
RyJ EX4 = Romeo y Julieta Exhition No 4
RyJ POW = Romeo y Julieta Prince of Wales
SC = San Cristobal de La Habana
Shark = Arturo Fuente Anejo #77
Sig I, II, III, etc = Cohiba Siglo sizes
SLB = Slide Lid Box
SLR = Saint Louis Rey
SP = Sancho Panza
SPB= Sancho Panza Belicosos
SPBeli = Sancho Panza Belicoso
SS = Super Selection
TPC = Tres Petit Corona
Trini = Trinidad
UTS = Hemingway Untold Story
VR = Vega Robaina
VRDA = Vegas Robaina Don Alejandros
VRDA= Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro
VRU= Vegas Robaina Unicos
VSG = Ashton Virgin Sun Grown
WOA = Hemingway Work of Art
WOAM = Work of Art Maduro
WOAN - Work of Art Natural
xXx = Opus X^3 (Power Ranger)

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