This list primarily comprises acronyms from the similar thread I started a while back over at SSC. Feel free to contribute as new acronyms are created! General discussion (ie, questions about acronyms) is allowed, and write acronym identifications and definitions in bold if you're answering a question; that'll make it stand out from the discussion. A definition isn't required in addition to the identification of what each letter means; but write one if you want. I added brief definitions, as you can see.

Website names
WWc--WaterWarfare.com, this forum-based website dedicated as a neutral, common website

SSC--Super Soaker Central, at sscentral.org, has much information about homemades and modding, as well as large forums

iSc--iSoaker.com, has reviews about nearly every stock soaker and active forums

SM--Soaker Media, a currently-inactive website dedicated to water warfare


Brand names
SS brand--Super Soaker, the revolutionary soaker brand known by everybody

BB or BBT--Buzz Bee Toys, whose relatively new Water Warriors division provides an alternative to SS soakers currently in stock

WW--Water Warriors (see above)


Series names
SS--the classic line of Super Soaker water guns

XP--Xtra Power, relatively old line of air-pressure SS soakers that replaced the original series and involve larger streams (the XP 70 set the standard for the 1X stream)

Max-D--Maximum Distance, relatively new line of air-pressure SS soakers that replaced the XP series and involve pressurized reservoirs and "clicky" triggers; MD5K refers to the Max-D 5000, and the same follows for the others in the line

CPS series--Constant Pressure System series, relatively old line of SS soaker that marked the peak of commercial soaking by using powerful rubber bladders to shoot water (see CPS technology)

XS -- X-Stream [submitted by iSoaker.com]; a brand of water guns under the Umbrella of the Asian Lanard

FF--Flash Flood, a recent stock soaker produced by SS that uses CPS technology and has a special nozzle that unloads the entire pressure chamber's contents in one short-range, turbulent wave

APD--Aquapack Devastator, another recent SS CPS soaker (not produced this year, though) that uses a backpack

3XA--Triple Aggressor, a somewhat recent but out-of-production SS soaker that was one of the first "gimmick" types, because it has a detachable pistol and water bomb but fairly weak power

STE -- Soaker Tag Elite [submitted by iSoaker.com]; line of soakers that came packaged with Soaker Tags. Many soakers were remakes.

Max-I -- Max- Infusion - Super Soaker ™ line released in 2006 that allowed the addition of a backpack reservoir to be hooked up to those blasters through their specialized fill-cap [submitted by iSoaker.com]
MI--same as Max-I above


Universal technology
PC--pressure chamber, generates pressure by allowing water to displace and compress air

CPS technology--Constant Pressure System technology, uses a rubber bladder to store water rather than a pressure chamber; the bladder applies constant and strong force as opposed to air pressure

QFD--Quick Fill Device, used by some SS soakers to directly and quickly connect with a hose for filling the reservoir and/or a CPS bladder automatically

SC--Super Charger, soakers (often SS ones) whose large PCs are in the case of the Splashzooka, the Power Pak, and the Big Trouble only filled using QFDs and lack reservoirs and pumps; however, all SC and Monster weapons are QFD-capable

PR--pressurized reservoir, pumps air into the reservoir to generate pressure; a cheap alternative as opposed to having a separate PC to pump water into [I like to rant, don't I?]


Modding (or Modification) Technology
PRVD--Pressure Release Valve Disabling, sealing of the pressure release valve (once mistaken for the check valve) on commercial soakers to increase the potential pressure
CVF--Check Valve Freeze, the original name of the PRVD. However, the valve is neither a check valve nor are you freezing it.

XPS--Xtra Power/Constant Pressure System, using multiple layered balloons to turn the spherical PCs on most commercial air pressure soakers into a spherical CPS bladder

Unfortunately, my knowledge of modding acronyms ends right about there, so if I missed anything, be sure to say so!

K-Mod -- layering on of balloons onto spherical CPS chambers. Call 'K' since modded blasters were given an addiional '0' at the end of their names (i.e. a K-modded CPS1000 becomes a CPS10000 or a CPS10K) [submitted by iSoaker.com]


Homemade soaker technology
APH--Air Pressure Homemade, any self-built water gun, constructed out of PVC pipe and fittings, that uses air pressure

CPH--Constant Pressure Homemade, any self-built water gun, constructed out of PVC pipe, fittings, and rubber bladder materials (usually latex rubber tubing), that uses CPS technology

LRT--Latex Rubber Tubing (also surgical tubing), flexible rubber tubing that expands and contracts and is often used for cylindrical CPS bladders in CPHs; often bought from McMaster-Carr

PCgH--PreCharger Homemade, special APH that uses PreCharge technology, a system pioneered by BBT in which a plunger separates the air and water inside the PC and in which extra air is pumped before use for enhanced performance

SPCgH--Semi-PreCharger Homemade, in which both air and water can be pumped in but there is no divider

CAP technology--Constant Air Pressure technology/soaker, involves a source of pressurized air and a regulator to force water out at a desired rate
CAH--Constant Air Homemade, same as CAP above

WBL--Water Balloon Launcher, a homemade weapon constructed out of PVC that uses air pressure supplied by a Schrader valve or pressurized tank to launch a water balloon projectile great distances

APOL--Air Pressure Object Launcher, same as water balloon launcher

WC--Water Cannon, a variation of water balloon launcher that shoots mass volumes of water great distances, whose purposely unused names include ITWL (Inverted-T Water Launcher), ITWC (Inverted-T Water Cannon), and water cannon (Air Pressure Water Launcher). If you see these acronyms, understand that they are alternative terms for "water cannon," but "water cannon" should be used instead. These weapons are also "post-chargers" of sorts.

EDIT: I added iSoaker.com's submissions, and the text on each line after "[submitted by iSoaker.com]" is my extended description. Thanks!

EDIT, 4/5/07: Split SS, added PCgH, added the websites section

Some more terms:
Max-I -- Max- Infusion - Super Soaker ™ line released in 2006 that allowed the addition of a backpack reservoir to be hooked up to those blasters through their specialized fill-cap
STE -- Soaker Tag Elite
XS -- X-Stream

K-Mod -- layering on of balloons onto spherical CPS chambers. Call 'K' since modded blasters were given an addiional '0' at the end of their names (i.e. a K-modded CPS1000 becomes a CPS10000 or a CPS10K)

Note: Super Soaker is NOT the manufacturer; it is the brand name / trademark. Hasbro Inc. is the current makers of the Super Soaker ™ line.

As an aside, please consider removing some of the 'commentary' in some of the definitions. I prefer having definitions present things as neutral as opposed to either slightly (or more than slightly) positive or negative in tone.

Thanks for the heads-up. I removed the opinionated definitions in the Brand and soaker names section, and I also made a couple of other changes that provide a bit more description. Hopefully this will sound a bit more neutral now.

Could you please put those definitions of yours in bold tags? That would help distinguish them from this discussion.

I hadn't bolded it since I was thinking that all the definitions would end up in the first post for clarity-sake. I've now bolded them, but would prefer if you also cut'n'pasted them into the listing you've created.

Can we change CVF for:

PRVD - Pressure Release Valve Disabling.

I believe there was a general consensus on changing the acronym, because "Check valve" is misleading , and "freezing" is not involved - I recall a thread where someone thought that it meant the act of genuinely freezing the check valve, rather than removal.

Changes made. I added iSoaker.com's definitions to the first post last night, but there was no need to post to signify that.

Any other suggestions? I suppose things will go up as acronyms get created. Remember to refer to this thread if people want to know about an acronym--either to learn it or to add the definition!

Good. We'll see if we can try and destroy other mis-conceptions.

With a SSC re-build and this new set of forums, we are in a good postion to do so.

You might want to add a footnote to CAP about the meaning of CAH, and possibly a note that it has to be homemade ATM (<- On that note, do we want to cover basic forum acronyms as well? Like IMO [or IMHO] and others.)

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I was misled slightly by your earlier post. Also, why were the acronyms I noted separated from the rest of the list? It's a little odd, IMO. :huh:

As an aside, I'm also thinking to either split off the discussion aspect of the thread or simply delete it to preserve the integrity of the main post. Thoughts on this?
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Sorry I couldn't post earlier, but yesterday and today I've had Cross Country until six and then a ton of forms to sign and homework. Ugh.

@ joannaardway: I added CAH, and here I'm adding a link to <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com/" target="_blank">Acronym Finder</a>. That engine will save us trouble for general acronyms such as At The Moment, In My Opinion, etc. More important in destroying misconceptions is to refer to the new, changed acronym as often as possible.

@ iSoaker: I'll put your definitions with the others if you wished, but I'll add that they were done by you. I kept them separate to give you credit, but this will work too. My original idea was for people to just bold their submisions, especially when new acronyms get created (and possibly many years down the road, I might not be here any longer), but this works too.

A split-off discussion isn't needed, considering we have all the acronyms in the first post and bolded.