Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-26431461-20190528220231/@comment-26431461-20190530014207

From my understanding as to what the two admins have said, we are referring to a certain type of soaker when we say "squirt gun" (right?). Basically something along the lines of this, or more specifically, soakers like the Alphafire. They are very classic, simple soaker designs with triggers that squirt half a foot when the triggers are pulled. Hence their name. They also are mechanically similar to a spray bottle's trigger mech.

So in this context, it is alright to call it a "gun", as long as you don't leave out the "squirt" part. Nobody is going to be offended when you say the word "squirt gun", just like nobody is going to be offended when you say "glue gun", or "nail gun" as Pedroh pointed out.

We could also refer to them as "piston-pressurized" blasters. I think the reason it seems weird to call them "squirt guns" is not because of the word "gun", but because it seems kind of unprofessional to say "squirt gun" on an article, if you know what I mean, especially if people don't know that it is supposed to refer to a specific type of soaker. That's just me.