Pipe Smoker's Jargon

Topaz75

Reading the posts on this forum has made it abundantly clear to me that there's a lot of jargon uniquely associated with pipe smoking (e.g., PAD, stinger, ghosting). If you tried using any of these terms in normal conversation, it's likely that most people would have absolutely no idea what you were talking about.

thewanderingdude

I shall contemplate your post while Lunting  this evening...

drac2485

Definitely have a lot of jargon related to pipes that changes in real world context.  Just think of pipe names and how you would use them in context but how in the real world you might go to jail such as "I'm going to smoke my bulldog tonight"

PappyJoe

@drac2485 - careful with where you're going with the jargon, it could go down the tubes reaallll fast.

PappyJoe

Some pipe smoking jargon could be easily confused. For example: TAD is Tobacco Acquisition Disease for pipe smokers. TAD for the military is Temporary Assigned Duty.

PipeProfessor

Very true @topaz75! Maybe there needs to be a forum dictionary. 

drfrankenstein56

the problem with the jargon in that it has crossed over a lot to more illicit pipe uses.  Ive been looked at funny for saying, "id sure love to smoke a bowl right now"  People assume im a stoner.

drac2485

@drfrankenstein56  I've been caught saying that so many times.  Fortunately its only by friends and they have stopped reminding me how much I sound like a stoner

thesubcon

@drfrankenstein56  totally....I've been caught saying that. It's pretty funny.

drfrankenstein56

its funny how the world changes. So shall we make a list gents?

PAD: pipe acquisition disorder

TAD:  tobacco acquisition disorder

wooley: pipe cleaner

pokie: ash poker

slurry/cigar cement: pipe mud or ash mud

carpet: ryo/pipe tobacco

pooping: excess moisture or tar

liddy: anything used for stoving your pipe

paper asshole: paper/charcoal filters.

rubber: pipe softee or rubber tip.

knob: hastly/cheap/home made pipe.

others?

 

kaleehb

Pipe Fleas = small pieces of loose tobacco finding their way through the shank and stem and into your mouth while drawing on the pipe.

drac2485

This one is just confusing to any one not of the pipe smoking variety: pipe porn

LostMason

@drac2485 ,that one got me slapped when I opened a thread with that title.

drac2485

@lostmason at lest you posted it on a forum where everyone knows what you mean

PipeProfessor

@drfrankenstein56 I agree, when I say 'I'm gonna pack/smoke a bowl' a lot of people look at me funny. But those that know me totally get it.

pipeman83

I use rubbers, its always good to practice safe pipe smoking.

drfrankenstein56

@pipeprofessor, Isnt it funny how times have changed? how pipes are perceived?

PipeProfessor

@drfrankenstein You know it! A total reversal. 

drac2485

Let's revitalize this thread a bit.  

Ways pipe smoker's talk about pipe related things.

How different tobacco blends smell (tin smell).

-Armpit - Va/Per blends (i've read reviews that were 5 stars and described it like that)

-Ketchup

-Cough Syrup

What are some more you've used or heard?

ghostsofpompeii

@drac2485 Blending Perique - Urine soaked barnyard straw.

Woodsman

I  ordered a small, Rosewood pipe, when it came I looked at it , a small 5" bent Dublin with a 5/8ths bore, it came in soft cloth sock. I noticed that there was something else in the sock: a small weed grinder/separator and a pack of 5 screens.

xDutchx

I remember reading that Sam Gawith 1792 smelled like a dead mouse in the tin, but that it tasted great in the pipe. I can't say that I have sniffed many dead meese, but I am guessing that it might dampen the mood prior to the charring light.

drac2485

@ghostsofpompeii I have freaked out several friends when giving the Perique blends due to the smell you described.  Fortunately, they were brave enough to smoke them and realize that it smokes completely different.  I find it interesting how the smoke flavor can vary so much from the smell of the tobacco.  I have some mixing perique in mason jars and every so often they seem to gas out of the jar as they are still technically fermenting and the odor coming from my cellar is a little off putting.

PappyJoe

@ghostsofpompeii - I don't know why your blending perique smells that bad. I took a tour of the Poche Perique Factory in October 2015 and the aroma was a lot better than that. It had a rich, deep stewed fruit type of aroma.

motie2

My favorite new pipe smoking term is stummel. In my other pipe smoking life thirty years ago, I had never encountered the term. 

Another recently encountered term is baccyflaps.

pipeman83

@motie2, me too, I always called it a shank, and still do.