Hashy Terms
  • Are you?    A call of a hasher to others as in, 'Are you on the trail?'    
  • Beer Master    Mismanagement member who is responsible for refreshments; also known as "Beermeister"
  • Beer Near    As in, the Beer Stop; indicated by a trailmark (BN)
  • Beer Stop    A Milan tradition that leads the pack into a pub at some point within a hash; indicated by the trailmark (BS)
  • Checkback    A call of a FRB after spotting a trailmark (line of flour) that indicates a false trail
  • Checking    A call of a hasher when looking for the trail
  • Checkpoint    A point on the trail indicated by a circle, typically at an intersection, where the direction is uncertain
  • Circle    As in, "the circle": a cermony that takes place at the end of every hash where select hashers are awarded down-downs for hash deeds and misdeeds
  • Down-Down    The ceremony of consuming beverages (an honor) and poking fun at hashers
  • Down-Downs    Obligatory consumptions of beverages by hashers after the trail
  • Flour    The substance used to mark the trail; sometimes mixed with cornmeal for snow trails.
  • Front Running Bastard    (FRB) Fast runner(s) who tend to lead the pack, hit the false trails, and finish first
  • Grand Master    (GM) Mismanagement member who leads/follows the Hash Group
  • Haberdasher    Mismanagement member in charge of Hash kit like t-shirts, shorts, etc.
  • Hare    The hasher who lays the trail
  • Hareline    Roster of events
  • Hash    Abbreviation for Hash House Harriers
  • Hash Cash    Mismanagement who manages the finances; or a honorary designation for a specific hash
  • Hash Etiquette    Also known as the 'Rules' of which there are no rules (see "Rules").
  • Hash Horn    A horn or bugle blown to guide the pack
  • Hash House    The original Hash House in Kuala Lumpur, or any place used as a Hash 'base'
  • Hash House Harrier    Any hasher
  • Hash Scribe    Mismanagement member who writes Hash Trash
  • Hash Trash    Reports on the runs including stories, down-down notes and member gibberish. Strictly speaking trash is the stuff for setting trails (e.g., shredded paper...but I suppose shredded hash write-ups could cover that).
  • Hasher    Member or members of any Hash House Harrier Club
  • Hashing    The act of running a hash trail
  • Interhash A gathering of Hashers at world hash events. ONLY WORLD ...anything else with "Interhash" is a mis-nomer. Interhash Africa is Inter-Africa, for example, but WhoGAS (who gives a shit).
  • Live Hare    A hasher who lays the trail LIVE as s/he goes, with the pack minutes behind
  • Mismanagement    Hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed
  • Mother Hash    Kuala Lumpur Hash House Harriers, first organized in 1938
  • M-word    A euphemism for "marathon"
  • ON! ON!    A call of a hasher when a flour mark is spotted
  • On-Back    A call shouted by FRBs to the pack when FRBs encounter a checkback
  • ON-Called    A call by hashers who have not seen a (flour) mark, but heard 'ON-ON¹ yelled by others who have; used to direct the pack.
  • On-In    A call by hashers or a trailmark that indicates he trail's end.
  • On-Inn The place where liquid or solid food is to be consumed after the circle.
  • On-Out The call to get everyone out of the bar or whever in order to start the r*n.
  • On-Up    A call that indicates a challenge in the trail (Also used: On-Around; On-Down; On-Over; On-Through; On-Under, etc.)
  • Religious Adviser    (RA) Mismanagement member who blesses and inspires the hash, organizes the weather and is in charge of the circle.
  • Respect    A call to demand reverential attitude toward whomever is trying to be heard during the circle.
  • Rules    Universally-understood tenet of acceptable hash behavior, otherwise known as tradition or hash etiquette. Rule # 1:  "There are no rules" except Rule #7: "No Poofters on the hash". The exception might be a Red Dress R*n...but that is another story.
  • Song Stop    (S) A point(s) along the trail when hashers must stop and sing a Hash Song; often used to pull the pack together
  • Shiggy   Pig shite often adapted to include: wet mud, streams, swamps, jungle swamp, or generally environmental conditions that encourage a significant accumulation of dirt and muck
  • Shiggy Pig Shit    Otherwise confused as Wet mud, streams, swamps, jungle. generally, environmental conditions that encourage a significant accumulation of dirt and muck.
  • Short-Cutting    The act of attempting to short-cut the trail
  • Short-Cutting Bastard    (SCB) A habitual short-cutter; a desirable label in most hashes