Newbie Guide

**chadth** · 02-15-2007, 05:59 PM

After reading the FAQs and the various newbie related information, I felt the board lacked some general information for the new cigar enthusiast. The following information I found helpful and hope it can help another get up to speed. I am by no means an expert and thought I feel the information below is accurate, it may require correction or additional insight from someone more experienced:

Acronyms:
ISOM = Island South of Miami (Cuba)

B&M = Brick & Mortar

CI = CigarsInternational.com

CBID = cigarbid.com

BOTL = Brother of the Leaf

FOG = F'ing Old Guy

Reading I found helpful:

Cutting - http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?page=jrcu_cutting

Storage - http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?page=jrcu_cigar-care

Lighting - http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?pa...ting-the-cigar

Tips - http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?page=jrcu_10tips

Thanks,
-Chad

**Dru Lee Parsec** · 02-18-2007, 02:17 PM

Those acronyms look right.

I'm sure that they're posted around here somewhere, most likely they just got pushed down as other post were created and then got lost in the interweb.

**kevin7** · 02-18-2007, 02:35 PM

What do all those cigar abbreviations mean? Cigar Abbreviations:
AF - Arturo Fuente
BF - Bolivar Fuerte
FDA - Flor De Allones
ERH - El Rico Habano
PAM - Padron Annivisario Maduro
PAN - Padron Annivisario Natural
PEGCC - Pre Embargo Genuine Counterfeit Cuban
GCC - Genuine Counterfeit Cuban
CC - Cuban Crafters
ISOM - Island South of Miami, a Cuban Cigar
RyJ - Romeo y Julieta
ERDM - El Rey Del Mundo
LFD - La Flor Dominicana
HDM - Hoyo De Monterrey
1916 - Torano 1916
PP - Punch Puro or Punch Punch a Cuban cigar
LGC - La Gloria Cubana
ERDM FDL - El Rey Del Mundo Flor De LLaneza
PSD2 - Partagas Series D #2, Cuban
LVH - La Vieja Habana
FDO - Flor De Olivas
JDNA - Joya De Nicaragua Antano
RASS - Ramon Allones Specially Selected, Cuban
CoRo - Cohiba Robusto, Cuban
LE III - La Esception III, from www.jrcigars.com
SG - Sun Grown, refers to a wrapper
OHSG - Occidental Havana Sun-grown
MNC - Montecruz Negra Cubana
Connie - Consuegra; bundled seconds and overruns from the Villazon factory
LRE - La Rosa Especial
Cammie - Cameroon Wrapper
Maddie - Maduro Wrapper
"In X" - Usually refers to an Oscuro (dark brown or black) wrapper
444 -The famous Montecristo "mystery blend" with a length of 4 inches and a RG of 44.
LL = La Luna
LHB = La Luna "Little Havana Blend"
DLA - Don Lino Africas
DK - Don Kiki, then add the color R, G, B, W, WV for White Vintage.
VdTE - Vegas de Tabacalera Estella
JLS - JL Salazar
CR - Costa Rica
PC - Petit corona
DC - Double corona or Don Carlos or Diamond Crown
DL - Double ligero
MM - Machine Made or Maria Mancini
SP - Sancho Panza
SPDM - Sancho Panza double maduro
BB - Belinda Black
PB - Partagas Black
MMMM = Maria Mancini Magic Mountain
BBB = Belinda Blue Band

· How about those crazy internet acronyms? BTW - By the way
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
LMAO - Laugh My Ass Off
LMLO - Laugh My Larry Off (insert anyones first initial for the same effect)
WTF - What the F*ck
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
MCW - Mild Cigar Weenie
NCOACL - Never Click on a Chard Link (no, really)
BRB - Be Right Back (used in Chat)
CBID - www.cigarbid.com
N/M or NM - Never Mind
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
ODO - Order Dis Order, not being able to control your cigar purchases, something you will become intimately familiar with, soon!
CF - www.cigarfamily.com
CW - www.cigarweekly.com
CR - www.cigarrebellion.com
BOTL - Brothers of the Leaf
TY - Thank You
OTOH = On the other hand
ROTFLMFAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my f**cking ass off
BFD = Big f**cking deal
NTTAWWT = not that there's anything wrong with that
STFU - Shut the fcuk up
EMF - Eat my fcuk
FOG = F'in Old Guy (those with too many cigars who like to give them away )
FNG = F'in New Guy (see Newbie)
EYOF - Eat your own fcuk
IIRC - If I recall correctly
WTG - Way to go
CPS - Cost per stick
OTT - Off the Truck = freshly delivered
OOS - Out of Stock
J/K - Just Kidding
WTGTG - When They're Gone, They're Gone--Cigars no longer in production.
BOGOF - Buy One, Get One Free
WCP - West Coast Posse
GPSHS - Greater Puget Sound Herfing Society
FWIW - For What It's Worth
UM - www.mrbundles.com, the owner is Uncle Mikey
RG - Ring Gauge
TIA - Thanks In Advance
FOAD - Fcuk Off And Die
ISO - In Search Of
NSFW - Not Safe for Work
NSF11YO - Not Safe for 11 Year Olds
ESAD - Eat shit and die
VI - Village Idiots (a cigar club)

· When you're talking about cigars, what does this mean...? Wet - Overly humidified cigar and not ready to smoke yet.
Dry box--unhumidified container used to reduce the above-mentioned.
Glass Top Cohiba--Fake Cohibas.
Fuerte = Strong
Cab - Short for Cabinet, usually a box of 50 cigars or a box of cigars with no cello
Dog Rocket - Really crappy cigar

taken from the FAQ setion at Herfers Paradise

**boomshay** · 02-18-2007, 02:39 PM

MCW - Mild Cigar Weenie

i would certainly add this to my vocabulary.... if i had room to talk

**chadth** · 02-18-2007, 03:28 PM

Perhaps we could get a sticky on this or have the information put into the FAQ?

-Chad

**Bkcloud114** · 02-18-2007, 05:48 PM

Maybe we could start a tutorial on how to use the SEARCH....

Newbie Guide

**nhcigarfan** · 02-18-2007, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Bkcloud114

Maybe we could start a tutorial on how to use the SEARCH....

Newbie Guide

Hmmmm Interesting concept. Explain this mystical search ability of yours.

**Corvin** · 02-03-2009, 02:53 PM

A Bump and can we get a sticky?

**MasterCylinder** · 02-03-2009, 03:18 PM

I second the Sticky - this is quite helpful for learning the lingo here...

**mrtr33** · 02-03-2009, 03:34 PM

I like the sticky idea - but maybe clean it up a bit.

Also, what's a Herf? Is it an acronym or a cigar-related term? That's always eluded me.

**Corvin** · 02-03-2009, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by mrtr33

I like the sticky idea - but maybe clean it up a bit.

Also, what's a Herf? Is it an acronym or a cigar-related term? That's always eluded me.

From my soon to be released Cigar Journal </end shameless self promotion>

Herf - When people get together and are Smoking Cigars. An event nickname
developed for cigar smokers in the late ninetys on a cigar smokers News Group.

Edit to add: Maybe we need a new thread with a list of Acronyms and Common Cigar Terms. I can put one together tonight if anyone thinks it would be useful.

**EGQ** · 02-03-2009, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by mrtr33

I like the sticky idea - but maybe clean it up a bit.

Also, what's a Herf? Is it an acronym or a cigar-related term? That's always eluded me.

From cigaradvisor.com:

Herf
A lively gathering of cigar-smoking comrades who meet in a restaurant, club, cigar store or home to share their appreciation of fine cigars.

No idea about the origins...