Terminology
| “Are You?” | Question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning ‘Are you on the trail?’ |
| BT | A trail mark meaning ‘Bad Trail’… Don’t go that way |
| Back Hare | Hare who remains with the last runners or walkers; see also ‘Sweeper’ |
| 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 |
| BVC | A trail mark meaning ‘Be Very Careful’… Watch for traffic, etc |
| Check | A trail mark usually made up of a circle with an X indicating the true trail must be sought out and can go in any direction… Also called an ‘Intersection’ |
| Check Back or “CB” | A trail mark usually accompanied by a number indicating the number of marks to go back before searching for the trail again. |
| “Checking” | Answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked ‘Are You?’, indicating that FRB is ‘Checking’ to 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 |
| Circle | Assembly of runners at trail’s end, normally for the purpose of conducting down-downs or other formalities |
| Crop busting | Short-cutting across a field |
| DFL | Dead Frigging Last: Slowest member(s) of the pack, or the last to arrive at the on-in; see also ‘TEC’ |
| Down-Down | The ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor) |
| Dust | Sawdust or flour used to mark the trail, also called hash |
| Eagle Trail | The longer of two or more trails, usually for runners; see also ‘Turkey Trail’ and ’Turkey-Eagle Split’ |
| Eurohash | International social running event held in Europe in odd-numbered years |
| False trail | A short trail ended with the ‘BT’ (bad trail) sign, three lines, or other mark indicating a bad trail; see also ‘Falsie’ |
| Falsie | A false trail |
| FBI | First Babe 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’ |
| Front Runners | The faster runners leading the ‘pack’ on the trail… Usually first to ‘check’ and first ‘On In’ |
| Grand Master (GM) | Mismanagement member… Ceremonial leader of the hash |
| Grand Mistress (GM) | Mismanagement member… Female ceremonial leader of the hash |
| Haberdasher | Mismanagement member in charge of sundry sales, T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc |
| Hare & Hounds Running | A social, non-competetive run where a ‘Hare’ leaving ahead of the ‘Pack’ lays a trail using flour or sawdust or shredded paper and chalk and toilet paper, to mark a trail for runners and walkers to follow; see also ‘Hashing’ |
| Hare(s) | The runner(s) who lay(s) the trail |
| Hare Arrow | A trail mark made up of an arrow with 3 perpendicular lines on the tail… It indicates a true trail… Only hares can lay this trail mark |
| Hare Raiser | Mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares for future runs |
| Harriette | Female member |
| Harrier | Any member |
| Hash Cash | Mismanagement member; the treasurer |
| Hasher | Any Hash House Harrier or Hare & Hound Runner |
| 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 |
| Hashing | The act of running a hash trail… See also Hare & Hound running |
| Hash Master (HM) | Mismanagement member |
| Hash Mistress | Female Mismanagement member. |
| Hash Name | Nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs or in honour of a notable incident; not used by all hashes; see also ‘Hound Name’ |
| Hash Trash | The newsletter or blog describing the runs or socials; See also ‘The Words’ |
| Hash Turd | 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 |
| 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 |
| Hound Name | Nickname given to a member after a specified number of runs |
| Hounds | The body of runners/walkers in pursuit of the hare… See also Pack |
| Interhash | Regional, national, or world gathering of social runners |
| Intersection | A trail mark indicating the trail may change direction and could resume in any of 360 degrees; this mark slows down the ‘front runners’ allowing the ‘pack’ to catch up; See also ‘check’ |
| Kennel | Collective term for the Club |
| Knitting Circle | Group of harriers or harriettes (usually the latter) who spend more time walking and talking than hashing. |
| Ladies’ Check | Harriettes direction 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” or “Searching” | 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 After | The gathering place after the run… The Social |
| On In | The trail’s end, (also On-Inn), or the trail mark indicating proximity to the end |
| “On On” | Shouted by FRBs or hounds to indicate they’re on trail… Sometimes used only to indicate true trail; A trail mark indicating the true trail |
| On Sec | Mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc |
| Pack | A group of runners/walkers following the trail… All who are not ‘Hares’ on a ‘Hare & Hounds Run’ |
| 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; Not all clubs have an RA |
| TEC | Tail End Charlie or Tail End Cassie… The last runner or walker to arrive at the ‘On In’ |
| RG | Trail marking indicating Re-Group… hashers should not continue until The Pack has regrouped |
| Scribe | Mismanagement member normally in charge of writing The Words |
| SCB | Short-Cutting Bastard… An habitual short-cutter |
| Shiggy | Thick vegetation, streams, etc… especially mud |
| Strollers | See knitting circle |
| Sweeper | The person assigned to stay with the last runner(s)/walker(s) on the trail; see also ‘Back Hare’ |
| The Words | Weekly hash newspaper mainly recounting the events of the last run, written by the Scribe; See also Hash Trash |
| T(ee) | Hash mark indicating a section of trail going nowhere, designed to slow down the pack |
| Tradition | Euphemism for “rule” |
| Turkey Trail | The shorter of two or more trails… The walkers trail; See also ‘Eagle Trail’ and ’Turkey-Eagle Split’ |
| Turkey-Eagle Split | A trail mark indicating that runners should go one way and walkers, (or those wanting the easier trial), should go the other way |
| Virgin | Hash newbie |