when buying cigars does anyone know how to determine size type etc from the name terminology or for that matter a glossary of terms heck how about cigars for dummies.............
Since terminology can change from one manufacturer to another, your best bet is to just look at the dimensions listed, such as 5" x 50 is 5 inches long with a ring gauge of 50, ring gauge translates into 64ths of an inch, so that 5 x 50 is 5 inches long and 50/64 of an inch in diameter. I hope that is more helpful than confusing, but my main point is that there doesn't seem to be a universal set of names for any particular size. though some are pretty standard.
Joe and Kuzi pretty well covered it. The best advice I can give is just give it time. Read stuff about cigars and whatnot. Pretty soon you will develop a basic understanding and it will grow exponentially from there. Welcome to the hobby.
There are a number of makers who use different names but you will pick up on that soon enough. BTW, sticks shorter than 5" (Robusto) are sometimes called Rothschild. You will find that there is no standard but rather general concensus among most makers.
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