The word `` vape '' grew in use over last year . Vaping is a form of electronic cigarette that uses liquid nicotine to deliver nicotine-free vapor into the lungs. Couple that with the growth of electronic cigarettes into a multimillion dollar industry and the Oxford editors decided that the word 's time had come . `` A gap emerged in the lexicon , as a word was needed to describe this activity , and distinguish it from 'smoking ' , ' '' The word beat out `` bae '' and `` normcore ''
The word `` vape '' grew in use over last year . Vaping is a form of electronic cigarette that uses liquid nicotine to deliver nicotine-free vapor into the lungs. The word beat out `` bae '' and `` normcore ''