The Half-Mind Hashing Dictionary is provided for the benefit of virgins and newcomers, but should also prove to be of use to traveling hashers, who frequently hear new and foreign expressions. If you have favorite or unusual hash words or phrases to contribute to this list, please contact us.
Alcohol Abuse: spilling or otherwise wasting beer at any time during a hash, especially during down-downs.
Annual General Meeting (AGM): in many hashes, the occasion for annual erections of hash mismanagement; in others, an excuse for a party; see Annual General Piss Up.
Annual General Piss Up (AGPU): see Annual General Meeting.
Aprés: dinner, drinking, or continued partying after hash formalities have concluded; see On-Afters, On-On-Ons, On-On-On-Ons.
"Are You?" (R U?): question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning "Are you on trail?"
Arrow: directional trail mark; see True Trail Arrow, Pack Arrow.
A-to-A: trail that ends where it starts.
A-to-A-: trail that ends near the start (also called A-to-A+, A-to-A', A-to-A.5, A-to-A 1/2).
A-to-B: point-to-point trail (trail that starts one place, ends another; if it's a really long trail sometimes called A-to-Z).
Auto-Hashing: hitching a ride to the end, a heinous violation of hash etiquette.
Award: award bestowed on a hasher during down-downs; see Hash Shit.
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 Blow Job, False Trail, YBF.
Bag Wagon: see B-Van.
Balls Check: trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which must be solved by male hashers before the pack can proceed.
Bash: bicycle hash.
Basher: bicycle hasher.
Bashing: hashing by bicycle.
Beer: hashing beverage of choice; see Piss.
Beer Angel: 1) hasher who drives the beer to the on-in; 2) hasher who fills pitchers with beer during down-downs.
Beer Bitch: harriette who fills pitchers with beer during down-downs.
Beer Master: mismanagement member in charge of ensuring an adequate beverage supply for hash events; see Biermeister.
Beer Near: trail mark* indicating proximity of beverages; can be associated with a beer check, on-in, or on-home.
Biermeister: see Beer Master.
Blow Job: see Bad Trail.
Boob Check: trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which must be solved by female hashers before the pack can proceed; see Gender Confusion.
Box: square area marked on ground within which hashers must remain at the whim of the GM or Tyrant; often used during ceremonies conducted before and after the trail.
Butt Chug: laying prone while drinking a beer poured between the naked cheeks of another hasher's ass (a co-ed activity, of course - we're not poofters); see Debauchery.
Butt Painting: painting words, letters, pictures, etc, on another hasher's ass (ditto co-ed); see Debauchery.
B-Van: vehicle used to transport beer, food, hash bags; see Chase Vehicle.
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 Flour, Paper.
Chalk Talk: trail instructions for virgin or visiting hashers.
Chase Vehicle: see B-Van.
Check: trail mark* indicating an intersection where true trail may take another direction; see Decision Point, Intersection.
"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.
Chef Hat: underwear or shorts worn on hashers' heads so as to resemble chefs' hats; see Debauchery.
Circle: assembly of hashers at trail's end, normally for the purpose of conducting down-downs.
Circle Jerk: a circular section of trail laid for the purpose of slowing down FRBs; see Doo-Loop.
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.
Couth Monger: see Hash Devil.
Cranium: acceptable substitute for the word "head."
Cranial Gear: anything worn on the head while performing down-downs; see Hat.
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 hounds set out; sometimes accompanies the hounds to ensure they don't get lost (see Sweeper).
Dead on Trail (DOT): hopelessly lost.
Debauchery: any of a variety of morale-building co-ed down-down activities indulged in by hashers, usually (but not always) confined to American and Australiian hashing circles.
Decision Point (DP): see Check.
Disorganization: see Mismanagement.
Doo-Loop: see Circle Jerk.
Down-Down: the ceremony of quaffing a beverage during down-downs.
Down-Downs: ceremonial honoring of deserving hashers after the trail, part of the circle.
Down-Down Box: a clearly defined square or rectangular area in which all down-downs are consumed; anyone who enters the box, for whatever reason, must do a down-down.
"G": A.S. Gispert ("G"), the father of modern hashing.
Gay: general-use adjective used to describe something as limp, lame, bland, or wimpy; opposite of Slutty.
Gender Confusion: down-down awarded to male hashers who run through a boob check.
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: 1) any hasher, male or female; 2) 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 saw my mates at the hash"; 4) trail marks*, as in chalk, flour, or paper.
Hash Bag: bag of dry clothes and other post-trail necessities; see 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.
Hash Devil: mismanagement member; in some hashes, the person in charge of down-downs or singling hashers out for violations; see Couth Monger.
Hasher: any Hash House Harrier.
Hash Etiquette: euphemism for "rule"; see Rule # 1.
Hash Flash: hash photographer.
Hash God: see Self-Appointed Officious Assholes.
Hash Haberdasher: mismanagement member in charge of procuring and selling T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc.
Hash Harlot: mismanagement member, often a female religious adviser; meaning varies between kennels.
Hash Horn: mismanagement member; carries a horn or bugle on trail, blows it to encourage and guide the pack.
Hash House: 1) the Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of the Mother Hash; 2) any hash hangout, usually a bar or pub.
Hash House Harrier: see Hasher.
Hash House Harriers (HHH or H3): 1) hashers; 2) the hash.
Hash House Horrors: 1) hashers' children; 2) a childrens' hash (as in Java Hash House Horrors).
Hash Hymn: song sung by the pack during down-downs; see International Hash Hymn.
Hashing: the act of running a hash trail or attending a hashing event.
Hash-l: international e-mail list for hashers (click here for subscription instructions).
Hash Master: mismanagement member; see Grand Master.
Hash Name: nickname, sometimes unsavory or indelicate, usually bestowed on a harrier or harrierette by the grand master, mismanagement, or the circle after a set number of runs or in honor of a notable incident; not used by all hashes.
Hash Olympics: games played during interhashes, usually involving drinking; can involve debauchery.
Hash Quack: mismanagement member in charge of administering first aid to injured hashers.
Hash Respect: paying attention during down-downs or the circle (also see Respect).
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 a hash is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm, the actual start may be 2:17, 2:29, 3:07, or even later.
Hat: in most hashes, not to be worn while doing down-downs.
Hounds: the body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see Pack.
HUYA: hash shit-like award, normally a toilet plunger; acronym stands for "head up your ass."
Mismanagement: hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed.
Mooning: flashing one's ass; 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").
"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-Home: 1) trail's end, also On-In; 2) trail mark* indicating proximity to end.
On-In: see On-Home.
On-Off: start of trail.
"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-Sec: mismanagement member in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc.
On-Sex: 1) plural of on-sec; 2) variation of on-sec.
"On the Ice!": command given by the GM or RA to down-down recipients, directing them to sit on the ice while doing a down-down.
On-Up! (also on-across, on-down, on-under, on-over, on-through, etc): shout be leading runners to trailing runners, alerting them to upcoming trail challenges.
On-X: trail mark* meaning "on-across," usually found near freeways, airport runways, rivers, etc.
Pack Arrow: mark left by a member of the pack indicating direction taken; follow at your own peril.
Paper: substance used to mark trail; see Chalk, Flour.
Pelican Drinking: drinking another hasher's vomit; extreme form of debauchery borrowed from rugby.
Phantom Hare: secret (unannounced) hare.
Photo Hash: theme hash where hares leave photographs on trail to tell the pack where to go next; a variation is the "Clue Hash," where hares leave written clues for the pack.
Pick-Up Hash: hash where the hare is chosen at the last minute, usually through drawing lots; 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.
Pissed: drunk.
Piss Off: phrase meaning "go away," "get fucked," etc.
Piss-Up: drinking session, party.
Piss Wagon: see B-Van.
Player: obnoxious asshole; see Poofter.
Poofter: literally, a homo; in hash use, 1) a homo; 2) anyone not welcome at the hash (see Rule # 6); 3) a poseur; 4) a person who hangs around the hash but isn't really a hasher; 5) a major whinger; 6) a non-contributor in general; 7) a "player"; 8) a hasher who stops at a check and waits for other hashers to solve it before proceeding.
Poofterism: behavior associated with poofters.
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.
Racism: talking about racing or races at the hash, a violation of etiquette; see R-word.
Ranging: the process whereby certain hounds run with total disregard for the trail; similar to short-cutting.
Receding Hareline: list of upcoming hash events, normally printed in the hash trash.
Red Dress Run: theme hash where participants wear red dresses; variations include lingerie runs, mini-skirt runs, muumuu runs, nude runs, etc.
Rego: 1) registration form for a hash event; 2) another hasher's event registration (as in "Flying Booger is trying to sell his InterAm rego").
Regroup: trail mark* indicating that hounds are to wait for all members of the pack to arrive before setting out again.
Religious Adviser/Advisor (RA): mismanagement member normally in charge of blessing the hash and settling disputes over tradition; in many hashes, RAs conduct the down-down ceremonies.
Respect: reverential attitude of right-thinking pack members toward the GM during the circle and down-downs (also see Hash Respect).
Road Whore: 1) hasher who travels frequently, hashing where he goes; 2) mismanagement member responsible for organizing road trips to other hashes or hash events and encouraging participation in same.
Rule: universally-understood tenet of acceptable hash behavior; never called a "rule" but often euphemized as "tradition" or "hash etiquette."
Singapore Back Check (SBC): trail mark* indicating that true trail branched off somewhere between the SBC mark and the previous check.
Sixty-Nine: a number fraught with significance.
Slutty: general-use adjective used to describe something as strong, robust, or satisfying; opposite of Gay.
Song Master: mismanagement member who leads down-down songs and teaches the pack new songs.
Sweeper: experienced member of the pack who is assigned to follow hashers on trail 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.
Trail Recce: act of scouting a potential trail; hare practice.
