Aggro 

Abbreviation for aggression. The programmed aggression of AI controlled towers

and creeps. Refers to getting the attention of a particular hostile unit, e.g. "I have
aggro" means a hostile unit is focusing on attacking you.
AM 
Initialism for Anti-Mage.
AoE 
Initialism for Area of Effect. It refers to a spell, attack, or effect that affects an area
around a point (for example, Dragon Slave is an "AoE spell"). Also used to refer to
the range or size of one such spell/attack/effect, for example Reverse
Polarity affects enemies in a 410 radius, therefore it has an AoE of 410, or "410
AoE".
AW 
Initialism for Arc Warden.
B 
Initialism for "Back" or "Get Back". Used to call for a retreat. A player saying "b" is
usually suggesting that everyone back up or run away.
BAT 
Abbreviation for Base Attack Time, which determines how long an unbuffed unit
with 0 agility and 0% bonus attack speed has to wait to attack again. Lower BAT
units are able to attack more frequently. Most heroes have a BAT of 1.70. It is
considered better to have a lower BAT and worse to have a higher BAT.
Backdoor 
The act of attacking enemy structures while a player's own lane creeps have not
reached the structure yet. Usually ineffective due to backdoor protection.
Ball 
May refer to Io or snowballing or close positioning of teammates when pushing
highground ('don't ball for ravage')
Bara, Barathum 
Refers to Spirit Breaker's name as he was commonly referenced in Dota 1.
Barracks
Structures found in each lane that when destroyed permanently grant super creeps
to the team that destroyed it.
Basi 
refers to Ring of Basilius
BB 
Initialism for Bristleback or Buyback.
BD 
Initialism for backdooring.
BF 
Initialism for Battle Fury, also often referred to as "bfury", or Butterfly.
BH 
Initialism for either Bounty Hunter, or Enigma's ultimate, Black Hole.
Bird 
May refer to Phoenix, Skywrath Mage (and his spells), Visage's Familiars, or
the flying courier.
BKB 
Initialism for Black King Bar.
Blocking 
Refers to one of the following: the act of "blocking" creeps with your hero's body as
they run down the lane, impeding their movement so that the creeps meet closer
toward your tower; the act of deliberately and repeatedly moving directly in front of
an enemy hero (in the same manner as creep blocking) to impede their movement,
often to help allies attack them; the act of "blocking" a neutral camp with a unit or a
ward -- because if there is a unit or ward in the spawn box at X:00 on the clock, the
camp will not spawn new creeps.
BM 
Initialism for Beastmaster, Brewmaster, Broodmother, Blade Mail or "bad manners".
Bot 
Refers to either the bottom lane of the map, or an AI-controlled hero.
BoT,
BoTs
Initialism for Boots of Travel.
Boo
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Refers to Necronomicon, short for "necro book". Can also be referred to as book1,
book2, or book3 based on its level.
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The tactic of giving one's Bottle to the courier, then sending it on a round trip back
to base to refill the bottle and give it back to the owner. This keeps the player's
HP/MP healthy, and they do not have to miss any exp/gold from lane refilling it
themselves. Note that any bottle that is not full slows the courier by 30%, and the
act of bottle crowing may hamper player's allies as it gets harder to deliver their
own items while the courier is making trips. (no longer possible, patched out)