Noun.
Origin: Southeastern Pa
Defintion: A person that commonly partakes in the hobby of using a vaporizer, but taking it to extreme measurements of obnoxious banter on the subject. Commonly exhaling large plumes of mango chutney (with a mint twist) air into confined, crowded areas.
You see that guy over there crowding that chick about his new vaporizer? He doesn't even know her. Seems like a vapist to me.
(1) A person who chronically smokes vapor-based, electronic cigarettes indoors, or in the presence of others (non-smokers), especially at work. (2) A person who blows the vapor or "smoke" of vapor-based electronic cigarettes in the face of, or in the vicinity of another person (non-smoker).
n) Someone who enjoys vaping and blowing fat clouds in the faces (or within close proximity) of those who do not/ are not partake(ing) in the act of vaping; someone who forces those around him/her to know he/she is vaping by blowing large clouds of vapor within a confined space. The surrounding person(s) are forced to inhale the vapor without their consent.
Joe thinks it's cool to entrap people in tight spaces with little to no ventilation as he billows out huge clouds of vapor in everyone's faces. This is not cool at all and classifies Joe as a vapist.