“Are You?” — Question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning “Are you on the trail?”
Searching… — A shout said when seeing the searching sign -a circle with an X in the middle- to push The Hares to do the search instead of wandering lazily.
Back hare/Sweeper — Hare who remains with the last runners
Bar — Trail mark indicating that the true trail branches off prior to the mark
Bash — Bicycle Hash
Beer Check — Beverage stop or trail mark indicating a beverage stop
Beermeister — The person that supplies the beer, soda, water, and chips for the hash
Boob Check — see Ladies’ Check
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, or the last to arrive at the on-in
Down-Down — The ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor)
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 ended with the Tee sign, three lines, or other mark indicating termination, see also Falsies
Falsie — A false trail
FBI — First Bitch In: The first harriette to arrive at the on-in
FRB — Front-Running Bastard: Faster members of the pack, or the first to arrive at the on-in
Grand Master (GM) — mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the hash. This term is, in many hashes, given to the Hash Master after his tenure.
Grand Mistress (GM) — mismanagement member, female ceremonial leader of the hash. This term is, in many hashes, given to the Hash Mistress after her tenure.
Haberdasher — Mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc
Hare — Hasher who lays the trail
Hare Raiser — Mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares for future trails
Harriette — Female hasher
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
Hash Master (HM) — Mismanagement member, Lead of Ceremonies
Hash Mistress — Mismanagement member. Female Lead of Ceremonies.
Hash Name — Nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs or in honour of a notable incident; not used by all hashes
Hash Trash — see ‘The Words’
Hash Shit — 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
Hasher — Any Hash House Harrier
Hashing — The act of running a hash trail
Held/hold 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’
Horrors — Hashers’ children
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 or she 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
Newbies or FNGs — Virgin hashers
On In — Trail’s end, also On-Inn; 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
Receding Hareline — List of up-and-coming hash events, normally printed in The Words
Religious Advisor (RA) — Mismanagement member, often in charge of Circle, also in charge of blessing the hash and settling disputes over tradition
RG — Trail marking indicating hashers should not continue until The Pack has regrouped
Scribe — Mismanagement member normally in charge of writing The Words
SCB — Short-Cutting Bastard: habitual short-cutter
Shiggy — Thick vegetation, streams, etc; especially mud
Strollers — see knitting circle
Sweeper — see Back hare
The Words/Hash Trash — 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