Stogie vs Cigar?

Question

Any difference other then the name?

Answer 1

The term stogie is often misused to refer to any cigar with a foul stench. Many stogies are made of flavored tobaccos, and given that a stogie may last a half hour, as opposed to the 2-3 minutes that a cigarette typically lasts, there can be quite a stench produced.

The word stogie is short for Conestoga. The cigar was the smoke of choice for teamsters driving Conestoga wagons in the cigar-making Conestoga valley area around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The word cheroot comes from French cheroute, from Tamil curuttu/churuttu/shuruttu - roll of tobacco. This word could have been absorbed into the French language from Tamil during the early 16th century, when the French were trying to stamp their presence in South India. The word could have then been absorbed into English from French.[1]

Answer 2

Stogie carries the connotation (not explicit, but only implied) of being possibly handmade and crude, possibly large, possibly of poor quality. Also, the similarity of the sound to old-time actors Hoagy Carmichael) and Bogie (Humphrey Bogart) may lead a person to assume an emotional connection where none is actually intended.

See how much can be conveyed by using a bit of slang? If you only said, ‘cigar’, you would need to include all sorts of adjectives and expository dialogue.

Otherwise, as Freud said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

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Answer 3

I think stogies are cigars that have been smoked already.

The only reason I think that is from an old song by Roger Miller called "King of the Road." A song about a hobo, and one of the lines is:

"I smoke old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around."

Answer 4

Nah just the name.