Alcohol Abuse: spilling or otherwise wasting beer at any time during a hash, especially during down-downs
“Are You?” (R U?): question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning “Are you on trail?”
Arrow: directional trail mark; also see True Trail Arrow, Pack Arrow
A-to-A: trail that ends where it starts
A-to-B: point-to-point trail
Auto-Hashing: hitching a ride to the end, a heinous violation of hash etiquette
Beer Check: 1) beverage stop; 2) trail mark* indicating a beverage stop
Beer Near: trail mark* indicating proximity of beverages; can be associated with a beer check, on-in, or on-home
Chalk Talk: trail instructions for virgin or visiting hashers
Check: trail mark* indicating an intersection where true trail may take another direction
“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
Circle: assembly of hashers at trail’s end, normally for the purpose of conducting down-downs
Co-hare: hare’s assistant . . . in many hashes it is normal to have two or more hares laying trail together; in others it is a rare event
Dead F*cking Last (DFL): last member of pack to finish trail, sometimes honored during down-downs (though this goes against the grain of hashing’s “non-competitive” ethos)
Dead Hare: hare who lays the entire trail before the pack sets out; sometimes accompanies the pack to ensure it doesn’t get lost (see Sweeper)
Dead on Trail (DOT): hopelessly lost
Debauchery: Any of several morale-building mixed-sex activities indulged in by hashers, usually during aprés, usually (but not always) confined to American hashing circles
Doo-Loop: looping section of trail designed to slow down the pack and give the hare more lead
Down-Down: the ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor)
Down-Downs: the ceremony of honoring deserving hashers after the trail
Eagle Trail: an optional section of trail, longer or more difficult than the standard trail
False Trail: see Bad Trail; a section of trail going nowhere, designed to slow down the pack and give the hare more lead
Front Running Bastard (FRB): faster member of the pack, also the one member of the pack who finishes trail first (and is normally “honored” for same, since one should not be competitive)
Full Moon: frequently an occasion for an evening hash; many kennels hash every full moon throughout the year
“G” Day: February 11th. A.S. Gispert (“G”), the father of hashing, was killed in action defending Singapore from invading Japanese forces on this date in 1942
Hare: hasher who lays the trail; see Live Hare, Dead Hare
Hare Arrow: trail mark*, normally means “true trail,” but not always
Harriette: female hasher
Hash: 1) the Hash House Harriers, as in “I run with the hash”; 2) an individual kennel, as in “I run with the New York Hash”; 3) the actual event, as in “I’m hashing tonight”; 4) trail marks*, as in chalk, flour, or paper
Hasher: any Hash House Harrier
Hash Etiquette: euphemism for “rule”; also see Rule # 1
Hash House: 1) the Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of the Mother Hash; 2) any hash hangout, usually a bar
Hash House Harrier: any hasher
Hash House Harriers (HHH or H3): 1) hashers; 2) the hash
Hash Hymn: song sung by the pack during down-downs; see also International Hash Hymn
Hashing: the act of running a hash trail
Hash Shit (Hash-It, 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; sometimes also used as a nickname for the awardee
Hat: in most hashes, not to be worn while doing down-downs
Hounds: the body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also Pack
Kennel: Hash House Harrier chapter or club
Live Hare: hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by the pack as he lays trail
Long-Cutting Bastard (LCB): 1) slower member of the pack; 2) someone who gets horribly lost and comes in late
Mismanagement: hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed
On-Afters: see Aprés, On-On-Ons, On-On-On-Ons
“On-Back”: shouted by FRBs to the pack when FRBs encounter a back check
On-In: 1) trail’s end, also On-In; 2) trail mark* indicating proximity to end
“On-On”: 1) shouted by FRBs or hounds to indicate they’re on trail, sometimes used only to indicate true trail; 2) trail mark* in lieu of a true trail arrow
“On-One” (“On-Two,” etc): shouted by FRBs or hounds to indicate the number of flour marks they’ve seen on an unexplored trail, usually after a check
Pack: hashers in pursuit of the hare, also Hounds
Pack Arrow: mark left by a member of the pack indicating direction taken; follow at your own peril
Pre-Lay: act of laying the trail or sections thereof before the hash; sometimes a violation, sometimes not, depending on kennel traditions; like masturbation, widely practiced but seldom admitted
Private Party: act of participating in a non-circle conversation, thereby showing disrespect to the GM during down-downs
Ranging: the process whereby certain hounds run with total disregard for the trail
Receding Hareline: list of upcoming hash events, normally printed in the hash trash
Red Dress Run: theme hash where hares and pack wear red dresses; variations include lingerie runs, mini-skirt runs, muumuu runs, nude runs, etc
Rule: universally-understood tenet of acceptable hash behavior; never called a “rule” but often euphemized as “tradition” or “hash etiquette”
Rule # 1: “There are no rules”
Rule # 2: “See Rule # 1”
Shiggy: jungle, thick vegetation, rocks, cliffs, streams, etc; especially mud (O2H3 shiggy Meter: 0=no shiggy… 1-3=mostly urban, some off-road, very little water… 4-6=mostly off-road, some water, light brush… 7-10=no urban, definite wet, mud, and heavy brush)
Shiggy-Shaggy (aka Zicky-Zacky): a chant made by the hash in response to anyone verbally screwing up. The offender must drink beer, but not necessarily a full down-down
Shitty: adjective used to describe a really good trail
Short-Cutting: the act of attempting to short-cut the trail
Short-Cutting Bastard (SCB): habitual short-cutter, a title of esteem in most hashes
Sixty-Nine: a number fraught with significance
Sweeper: hasher, normally an experienced member of the pack, assigned to follow the pack in order to ensure no one gets lost; this function is sometimes performed by a dead hare
Trail Recce: act of scouting a potential trail; hare practice
True Trail: the correct trail that leads to the on-in
True Trail Arrow: trail mark* indicating true trail
Turkey Trail: optional section of trail, normally shorter and easier than the main trail
Violation: any infraction of hash etiquette or tradition, on- or off-trail
Violator: he or she who must be punished, normally by down-down
Virgin: first-time hasher; also applied to first-time hare
Virgin Lay: 1) a virgin hare’s first trail; 2) a new kennel’s first hash
Wanker: literally, a masturbator; in English/Australian use, a sort of “Sad Sack” character; in hash use, an everyday hasher
YBF: bad trail mark*; stands for “You’ve Been F*cked”
Zicky-Zacky: see Shiggy-Shaggy