| "Are You?": question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning "Are you on the trail?" |
Bar: Trail mark indicating that the true trail branches off prior to the mark. |
| Beer Check: beverage stop or trail mark indicating a beverage stop |
Back Hare: Hare who remains with the last runners |
| Check Back - same as false trail |
Check: Trail mark indicating the true trail must be sought out from the false trails |
| 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 |
| Dust: sawdust or floor used to mark the trail |
"Check-it-out": invitation given to the hounds by the hare to find the true trail |
| Eurohash: international hashing event held in Europe |
Crop busting: Shortcutting across a field |
| False trail: a short trail terminating in the Tee sign, see also falsies |
Down-Down: the ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honour) |
| Falsie: a false trail |
FRB: Front Running Bastard: faster 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 |
| Hash Cash: mismanagement member; the treasurer |
Hare: hasher who lays the trail |
| Hash Horn: mismanagement member; carries a horn or bugle on trail, blows it to encourage and guide the pack |
Hare Raiser: mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares for future trails |
| Hash House: the Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of the Mother Hash |
Hash House Harrier: any hasher |
| 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 |
| Horrors: hashers' children |
Harriette: female hasher |
| Interhash: regional, national, or world hash gathering |
Hashing: the act of running a hash trail |
| Knitting Circle: group of harriers or harriettes (usually the latter) who spend more time walking and talking than hashing. |
Hasher: any Hash House Harrier |
| Ladies Check : Harriettes to 'check it out' |
Hash Name: nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs or in honour of a notable incident; not used by all hashes |
| Mismanagement: hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed |
Hash Mistress: mismanagement member. Generally has no useful function, but it keeps the girlies quiet. |
| Mutt: a hashers dog |
Hash Haberdasher: mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc |
| Nash hash: a national interhash |
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' |
| Newies: virgin hashers |
Hounds: the body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also Pack |
| 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 |
Live Hare: hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by the pack as he lays trail |
| On Sec: mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc |
"Looking": answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked "Are You?", indicating that FRB has lost the true trail. |
| On-Inn: trail's end, also On-In; trail mark indicating proximity to end |
Scribe: mismanagement member normally in charge of writing The Words |
| 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 |
Shiggy: thick vegetation, streams, etc; especially mud |
| (SCB) Short-Cutting Bastard: habitual short-cutter |
'The Words': weekly hash newspaper mainly recounting the events of the last run, written by the Hare(s) |
| Strollers: see knitting circle |
T(ee): Hash mark indicating a section of trail going nowhere, designed to slow down the pack |
| Shagpile: Hashname for a hasher of extreme intelligence, good looks, sexual prowess but less than moderate fitness |
Tradition: euphemism for "rule" |
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