| "Are You?" |
Question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning "Are
you on the trail?" |
Back hare |
Hare who remains with the last runners |
| Bar |
Trail mark indicating that the true true trail
branches off prior to the mark |
Beer Check |
Beverage stop or trail mark indicating a beverage
stop |
| Check |
Trail mark indicating the true trail must be sought
out from the false trails |
Check Back |
Same as false trail |
| Circle |
Assembly of hashers at trail's end, normally for the
purpose of conducting down-downs |
"Checking" |
Answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked "Are You?",
indicating that FRB has not determined whether the trail
he's following is true or false |
| "Check-it-out" |
Invitation given to the hounds by the hare to find
the true trail |
Crop busting |
Short-cutting across a field |
| DFL |
Dead Fucking Last, Slowest member(s) of the pack |
| Down-Down |
The ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honour) |
Dust |
Sawdust or flour used to mark the trail |
| Eurohash |
International hashing event held in Europe in
odd-numbered years |
False trail |
A short trail terminating in the Tee sign, see also
Falsies |
| Falsie |
A false trail |
FRB |
Front Running Bastard: Fastest member of the pack |
| Grand Mistress |
mismanagement member; sometimes used as the title
for a female Grand Master. |
Grand Master (GM) |
mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the hash |
| Hare |
Hasher who lays the trail |
Hash Cash |
Mismanagement member; the treasurer |
| Hash Horn |
Mismanagement member; carries a horn or bugle on
trail, blows it to encourage and guide the pack |
Hash House |
The Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of
the Mother Hash |
| Hash House Harrier |
Any hasher |
Hare Raiser |
Mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares
for future trails |
| Hashit |
offensive or embarrassing object given to a hasher
for notable on-trail accomplishments, normally carried
by the awardee on subsequent trails until it is awarded
to someone else |
Hash Master (HM) |
Mismanagement member |
| Harriette |
Female hasher |
Hash Haberdasher |
Mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts, hats,
mementos, etc |
| Hashing |
The act of running a hash trail |
Hasher |
Any Hash House Harrier |
| Hash Name |
Nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of
runs or in honour of a notable incident; not used by all
hashes |
Hash Mistress |
Mismanagement member. Generally has no useful
function, but it keeps the girlies quiet. |
| Horrors |
Hashers' children |
Held Check |
Trail mark indicating an intersection where true
trail may take another direction, but requires hashers
to wait until ordered by the hare to 'check it out' |
| Hounds |
The body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also
Pack |
Interhash |
regional, national, or world hash gathering |
| Kennel |
Local Hash Group |
Knitting Circle |
Group of harriers or harriettes (usually the latter)
who spend more time walking and talking than hashing. |
| Ladies Check |
Harriettes to 'check it out' |
Live Hare |
Hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by
the pack as he lays trail |
| "Looking" |
Answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked "Are You?",
indicating that FRB has lost the true trail |
Mismanagement |
Hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes
appointed |
| Mutt |
A hashers dog |
Nash hash |
A national interhash |
| Newies |
Virgin hashers |
On-Inn |
Trail's end, also On-In; trail mark indicating
proximity to end |
| "On On" |
Shouted by FRBs or hounds to indicate they're on
trail, sometimes used only to indicate true trail; trail
mark indicating true trail |
On Sec |
Mismanagement member normally in charge of hash
rosters, run records, etc |
| Puppies |
hashers' children, see Horrors |
RA |
Religious Adviser/Advisor: mismanagement member
normally in charge of blessing the hash and settling
disputes over tradition; sometimes in charge of
down-down ceremonies |
| Receding Hareline |
list of up-and-coming hash events, normally printed
in The Words |
Scribe |
Mismanagement member normally in charge of writing
The Words |
| Shiggy |
thick vegetation, streams, etc; especially mud |
SCB |
Short-Cutting Bastard: habitual short-cutter |
| Shagpile |
Hashname for a hasher of (alleged)extreme
intelligence, good looks, sexual prowess but less than
moderate fitness |
Strollers |
see knitting circle |
| 'The Words' |
Weekly hash newspaper mainly recounting the events
of the last run, written by the Hare(s) |
T(ee) |
Hash mark indicating a section of trail going
nowhere, designed to slow down the pack |
| Tradition |
euphemism for "rule" |
Virgin |
Hash newbie |
