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Glossary
There are various
terminology used when talking about Super Soakers (tm), some of which
are not as well known or understood. This glossary has been posted to
try and help standardize water weaponry terminology use.
- Air-Shot: The
action of pumping up a Super Soaker® when its reservoir is empty
and firing out the compressed air.
- Aperture:
The opening where water is fired from the water blaster.
- Blaster:
Short-form of the term: water blaster.
- Camouflage:
Term describing colours/materials used to make one and one's SuperSoaker®
match the terrain to minimize the chance of being detected.
- Compression
Chamber: The part of the water blaster which is pressurized to allow
the weapon to fire. Some water weapons have separate compression chambers
while others use the reservoir as the compression chamber.
- CPS (tm):
Acronym for the Constant Pressure System(tm) developed by Larami Ltd.
Based on a compression chamber which uses an elastic compartment to
yield the power when filled with water.
- CS(tm):
Acronym for the Classic Series(tm) developed by Larami Ltd. All CS-class
weaponry are based on the original Super Soakers(tm) line.
- Dry-Shot: See
Air-Shot.
- Firing Angle:
Angle difference from horizontal at which a Super Soaker® will
fire correctly (i.e. without sputtering)
- Firing Chamber:
See Compression Chamber.
- Grip: The
part of the water weapon held onto by one's hands. On most Super Soakers(tm),
there are two grips: one where the trigger is and one for the pump.
- Handle:
See Grip.Some of the newer Super Soakers(tm) have an additional handle
on their top for carrying purposes.
- Mist-Shot:
What happens when more air than water is fired from a pressurized firing
chamber.
- Monster:
A Super Soaker® weapon series released in the year 2000.
- Nozzle: The
part of the water weapon which has the aperture. Some Super Soakers(tm)
have changeable nozzles.
- Nozzle Rating:
Nozzles are rated on iSoaker.com based on their output in oz./sec. A
nozzle with an output of 1 oz./sec is rated as a 1x nozzle.
- Output:
The rate of water delivered by a blaster per unit time. Output is typically
reported as mL/sec or oz./sec.
- Pump: The
part of the water blaster which, with a little bit of arm motion, pressurizes
the compression chamber of the water blaster.
- Pump Volume:
The total amount of water moved from the reservoir to the compression
chamber with one full pump. (Note: Not all Super Soakers(tm) pump water
thus preventing their pump volumes from being measured accurately)
- Power Soaker®:
The general term used for the pump-action based water blasters Larami
Ltd. makes.
- Pressure Chamber:
See Compression Chamber
- QFD: Acronym
for the Quick-Fill Device(tm). This device attaches to a standard garden
hose allowing all Super Chargers(tm) Super Soakers(tm) to be refilled
quickly.
- Reservoir:
The part of the water blaster which holds the bulk of the water/ammunition.
- Riot Blast:
Term associated with some Super Soaker® nozzles which can be
removed or modified such that the water blaster fires a burst of water
instead of a stream. Less distance but greater area covered.
- SC: Acronym
for Super Chargers series developed by Larami Ltd. and released in 1999.
- Shielding:
Any portable piece of equipment which can be used to deflect blasts
of water coming in one's direction.
- Storm Gun:
Non-Super Soaker® water blasters manufactured by Trendmasters Inc.
- Strap: Part
of some SuperSoakers(tm) which allows them to be carried without needing
to use one's hands. Straps can also be added to virtually any Super
Soaker with a little tweaking.
- Super Soaker®:
The general term used for most of the water blasters Larami Ltd. makes.
- SW: Acronym
for Star Wars(tm) series developed by Larami Ltd. and released in 1999.
- Target:
The object one wishes to unleash a volley of water at. Could be inanimate
or human.
- Trigger:
The part of the water blaster which, when pressed/pulled, unleashes
the pressurized water from the aperture.
- Water Balloon:
The waterfight equivalent of a hand-grenade.
- Water Blaster:
The proper term for referring to a Super Soaker® or other potent
water weapon.
- Water Grenade:
See Water Balloon
- Water Gun:
Older term denoting hand-carried water dispensing devices.
- WWF Super Soaker:
Acronym for the World Wrestling Fedaration series of Super Soaker
developed by Larami Ltd. and released in 2000.
- XP (tm):
Acronym for the Xtra Power(tm) series developed by Larami Ltd. All XP-class
weaponry have larger apertures than the original Super Soakers(tm).
- XXP (tm):
Acronym for the Xtra Xtra Power(tm) series developed by Larami Ltd.
All XXP-class weaponry have larger apertures than the original Super
Soakers(tm) as well as two nozzles
Soaker
Speak (a.k.a. War Lingo)
The following section
outlines various terms and phrases one may encounter on the water war
field. If you are interested in submitting additional terms or phrases,
see Submission Info.
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