Fortunately, words have meaning. Slang is simply laziness or "trying to fit in" and, adds to confusion in written communication where "facial tells" aren't available. Confusion leads to many problems, some intensely serious.
PSA for all Pipers
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Haha. One question which crosses my mind is whether the word turns out to have a somewhat artificial history. I wonder this because it seems to have no parallel in English. We have no word for walking while licking a lollypop, or walking while holding an umbrella, or walking while humming a tune. If we did, I'd feel no suspicion about a word for walking while smoking a pipe. Do other languages have words for these things? Anyway, when and where did the word originate? If it originated in 2004 on a pipe smoking forum among 23 year olds who wanted to be cool, I'll give it a hard pass. But if it has a more venerable history, that's great!
I can't find an entomology for lunt or lunting. And, I can find no historical use for the word "lunting" used for walking and smoking ever in literature. However, given the definition for lunt, I can see where in modern slang the act of leaving a trail of smoke would be lunting.
But, like every word in the dictionary, someone just made it up.
But, like every word in the dictionary, someone just made it up.
I am a guilty slanger and a piper and a lot more. Believe me, I have tried to be more professional my entire life. It never works for me but I wont hold your stuffiness against you. 
Even among those who play bagpipes, the term piper is used for those who has played pipes for at least 7 years.
yeah there is a guy that plays bag pipes on campus sometimes. And it's really good. He isn't busking or anything like that just playing. It's kind of mind blowing how wonderful it sounded compared to most of the bag pipes I've heard.
Though hearing loss is common with bag pipers so maybe that's why so much of it isn't great.
To lunt was a verb that originally meant to emit smoke or steam, or to light a pipe. The perambulatory overtones were first added in John Mactaggart's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia of 1824.
Then a new “piper” would be a “piper cub?”
for the longest time i thought "lunting" was an imaginary word. glad to see this is not the case!
Yeah 14 years of Catholic school made me a grammar cop too.
New words are added every year. The English speaking populace can change the definitions over time too.
I can't fathom what kind of problems would come from a pipe smoker being mistaken for a bagpipe player.
Did you know the original purpose of playing the pipes was to scare the hell out of the enemy before attacking. It must have worked, I know it would make me run away....
Three pages in and no Piper Perry memes. Good job gentlemen 
Definitely not a punctuation cop though.
Zing!Definitely not a punctuation cop though.
I don't bother if the conversation isn't formal.
Didn’t some Maori engage in Cargo Cult behavior after WWII? I can relate to that. I have a UPS Truck Shrine in my office. Some day, the Big Brown Truck will return with Finn Mosin M91’s priced at $120/10 shipped.
That’s “mericn” to you, bub.