Hash Terms
| "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 |