SBH3 Hash Speak
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- 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 - Back Check (BC) trail mark* indicating that runners should turn
around and retrace their path while looking for true trail, which branched
off somewhere before the BC; sometimes accompanied by a number indicating
the number of marks the pack should go back before looking for true trail - Bad Trail (BT) 1) a section of trail which goes nowhere; 2) trail
mark* indicating the end of a BT; see also False Trail, YBF - Beer see Piss
- Beer Check 1) beverage stop; 2) trail mark* indicating a beverage
stop - Beer Master mismanagement member in charge of ensuring an adequate
beverage supply for hash events; also “biermeister” - Beer Near trail mark* indicating proximity of beverages; can be
associated with a beer check, on-in, or on-home - Boob Check trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which
must be solved by female hashers before the pack can proceed. Known as a harriette check in Santa Barbara - B-Van vehicle used to transport beer, food, hash bags
- Caught Hare a hare who has been overtaken and physically caught
by a member of the pack; normally honored during Down-Downs - Chalk basic substance used for marking trail; see also Flour,
Paper - 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 - C-word euphemism for “competition” or “competitive”
- Dead Fucking 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 - Down-Down Box a clearly defined square or rectangular area in which
all down-downs are consumed. Anyone who enters this box, for whatever reason, must do a down-down - Eagle Trail an optional section of trail, longer or more difficult
than the standard trail - Erections mismanagement elections, normally accomplished during
the AGM - False Trail see Bad Trail; a section of trail going nowhere,
designed to slow down the pack and give the hare more lead - F.B.A.C. Fat Boys’ Athletic Club; a kinder, gentler subset of the
hashing community with rigorous membership standards - Flour a basic substance used to mark trail; see also Chalk,
Paper - 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 - Grand Master mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the kennel;
also Hash Master - Grand Mattress mismanagement member; sometimes used as the title
for a female grand master - Grand Mistress mismanagement member; sometimes used as the title
for a female grand master, but often used as the title for someone who
organizes hash parties and dinners - GrrrAnimals matching or coordinated running attire worn by poofters,
normally a punishable offense - Hare hasher who lays the trail; see Live Hare, Dead Hare
- Hare Arrow trail mark*, normally means “true trail,” but not always
- Hare Raiser mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares for
future trails - Harrier any hasher, male or female; in some hashes, a male hasher
- 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 - Hash Bag bag of dry clothes and other post-trail necessities; see
also Shag Bag - Hash Cash 1) mismanagement member; the treasurer; 2) financial
resources of the hash - Hash Crier mismanagement member; calls other members to let them
know when and where runs will start - Hasher any Hash House Harrier
- Hash Etiquette euphemism for “rule”; also see Rule # 1
- Hash Flash hash photographer
- Hash Haberdasher mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc
- Hash Harlot mismanagement member, often a female religious adviser; meaning varies between kennels
- 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 House Horrors hashers’ children
- Hash Hymn song sung by the pack during down-downs; see also International Hash Hymn
- Hashing the act of running a hash trail
- Hash Master mismanagement member; see Grand Master
- Hash Name nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs
or in honor of a notable incident; not used by all hashes - Hash Olympics games played during interhashes or campouts, usually involving drinking; can involve debauchery
- Hash Quack mismanagement member in charge of administering first aid to injured hashers
- Hash Scribe mismanagement member normally in charge of writing
the hash trash - 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 - Hash Trash newsletter containing writeups of past runs and announcements of upcoming events
- Hash Time an erratic measure of a precise phenomena. If the hash
is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm, the actual start may be 2:17 or 2:29,
or ??? - 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
- Interhash regional, national, or world hash gathering
- International Hash Hymn “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”; see Hash
Hymn - 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 - Loop see Doo-Loop
- 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
- Mooning mild form of debauchery
- Mother Hash Kuala Lumpur Hash House Harriers, first organized in
1938, still going strong and an inspiration to us all (except for the bit
about “no women”)” - Naming Committee group of hashers who bestow hash names upon new hashers
- New Boot see Virgin
- New Shoe drinking vessel used during down-downs; see also Tea
Bag; heinous violation of hash etiquette - No Blow hasher who forgets his whistle, normally honored with a
down-down - 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-Before where hashers gather before the start of the hash, usually
a public establishment - On-In 1) trail’s end 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-On-Ons see Aprés, On-Afters, On-On-On-Ons
- On-On-On-Ons see Aprés, On-Afters, On-On-Ons
- “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 - On-Out start of trail
- On-Sec mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters,
run records, etc - “On the Ice!” 1) in many kennels, the block of ice upon which honorees sit during down-downs; 2) command given by the GM or RA to down-down recipients
- On-Up! (or down, under, over, through, etc): what hounds sound to let those following know that the trail has become a challenge and the type of challenge being encountered
- 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 - Paper basic substance used to mark trail; see also Chalk, Flour
- Phantom Hare secret hare, unknown to the pack
- Pick-Up Hash hash where the hare is chosen at the last minute,
usually through a drawing or game of chance; head starts are shorter and the hare is expected to be caught often–the hound catching the hare becomes the next hare, and so on - Piss see Beer
- 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 - 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 - Religious Adviser/Advisor (RA) mismanagement member normally in charge of blessing the hash and settling disputes over tradition; sometimes in charge of down-down ceremonies
- Respect reverential attitude of right-thinking pack members toward
the GM during the circle and down-downs - 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“
- R-word euphemism for “race,” “run,” or “rule”
- Shag Bag a bag of dry/warm clothing for use after the hash; see
also Hash Bag - Shiggy jungle, thick vegetation, rocks, cliffs, streams, etc; especially
mud - 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, see also Zenning
- 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
- Tea Bag sock or sole insert from a new shoe, the liquid from which
is wrung out into a violator’s mouth after he or she has finished a down-down from the offending footwear - Tradition euphemism for “rule”; also see Rule # 1
- True Trail the correct trail that leads to the on-in
- True Trail Arrow trail mark* indicating true trail
- Trusted Agent Hound who has been told where the on-in is in case
the pack gets lost - Turkey Trail optional section of trail, normally shorter and easier
than the main trail - Turtle Check trail mark* indicating that FRBs should wait at the
mark until the slower hashers (the turtles) have caught up; normally used on dead hare trails to keep the pack together (in some hashes this is known as a Circle Check) - Up-Up trail mark used to taunt the pack on a hilly 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 - Walkers infant, infirm, or elderly hashers
- Wanker literally, a masturbator; in English/Australian use, a sort
of “Sad Sack” character; in hash use, an everyday hasher - Wherdafugarwee? from a hash song, what a hound might say when lost
- YBF bad trail mark*; stands for “You’ve Been Fucked”, not "Your Beer Friend"
* asterisked trail marks are normally made only by the hares; non-asterisked trail marks may be made by either the hares or members of the pack