Some game terminology

Some of this is old hat if you play DotA. I don't really care. Read it all anyway or I will eat your children.

Tigger (verb) - to break something or fuck something up; adjective form is "tiggered." Especially refers to bugged abilities or problems with the terrain or coding in general.

Example: "You can't get up the ramp because the tree's in the way...that whole area is totally tiggered."

Turn (verb) - a verbal command issued to a teammate requesting that they turn around. Typically the teammate is running away from an enemy hero, and you're coming to the rescue and want them to keep the enemy busy for a few seconds while you get there and then help you finish the enemy off.

Example of in-game chat: "Bengal_Tigger: turn"

CS (noun) - an abbreviation for "creep stats," or how many creep kills and denies you've gotten.

Example: "What's your CS?" "32-8" "Oh, you have a lot more CS than I do."

Swap (verb) - your perSona swap ability.

Example: "That was a bad swap...you should have waited until he used Entangling Roots on you."

Gank (verb or noun) - To team up on an unsuspecting enemy, derived from "gang." Occasionally a gank can be a single hero ambushing another hero, but usually refers to 2v1, 3v1, etc.

Example: "It's a bit hard to get good items when you guys insist on ganking me all the time."

Farm (verb) - to kill creeps (in a lane or neutral creeps) with the intent of getting gold or experience, more commonly gold.

Example: "Hey want to help me gank bottom?" "No, I'm busy farming."

Push (verb or noun) - to attack a tower in a lane, or more specifically to quickly advance the creeps in the lane towards the enemy tower with the intent of attacking it.

Example: "Their whole team's across the map, let's push this tower real fast."

Jungle (verb) - to kill neutral creeps, often repeatedly with little regard for lane creeps.

Example: "You guys take the lanes; I'm going to jungle for a few levels."

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Some abbreviations and shorthands for the heroes:

Alch - Alchemist
Ogre - Angry Ogre
(Banshee - Banshee)
BGH - Big Game Hunter
BM - Blademaster
BK - Blood Knight
Cerauno - Ceraunomancer
cD - Chaos Demon (lowercase c, capital D to differentiate from abbreviations for "cooldown")
(Sin / Demoness - Demoness)
Dis - Disruptor
EP - Earth Panda
Anja - Elven Ranger (formerly the Shadow Archer)
Bengal - Feral Predator
FP - Fire Panda (not Feral Predator)
gG - Grove Guardian (lowercase g, capital G, to differentiate from abbreviations for "good game")
(Lich - Lich)
Mag - Magnataur
Mino - Minotaur
(Moonkin - Moonkin)
NS - Nether Stalker
Pal / Pala / Pally - Paladin
PK - Phoenix Knight
PF - Pit Fighter
(Raider - Raider)
NRG - (Naga) Royal Guard
(Satyr - Satyr)
NSW - (Naga) Sea Witch
SH - Shadow Hunter
SS - Sharpshooter
(Shinobi - Shinobi)
SC - Snake Charmer
Sorc - Sorceror (formerly the Shadow Sorceror)
Daz - Soul Troll
Ayla - Spirit of Vengeance
Thor - Thunder Viking
Viz - Vizier
Thrall - Warchief (formerly the Far Seer)
wW - Water Wizard (lowercase, uppercase to avoid confusion with Windwalk)
WP - Wind Panda

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Few item abbreviations...the most common ones...

rots - Ring of the Sun
bogs - Belt of Giant Strength
woe - Wand of Elune
vf - Vampire Fang
aoss - Amulet of Spell Shield
tp - Scroll of Town Portal
eos - Eye of Sargeras
aotf - Axe of the Firelord