- “Are You?” (RU?)
Question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning “Are you on the trail?” - Back check
Trail mark indicating that back tracking is necessary in order to find the true trail because the true trail branches off prior to the check mark - Back hare/Sweep hare/Sweeper/checking chicken
Hare who remains with the last runners - Bash
Bicycle Hash - Beer Check
Beverage stop or trail mark indicating a beverage stop - Beermeister/master
The person that supplies the beer, soda, water, and chips for the hash - Check
Trail mark indicating the true trail must be sought out from the false trails. - 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 - DFL
Dead Fucking Last, the last person to reach the On-in, opposite of FRB. - Down-Down
The ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor) - False trail
A short trail ended with the Tee sign, three lines, or other mark indicating termination - FOYW
Fuck Off You Wank: when a member of the hash is sadly leaving or moving out to another place. - FRB
Front-Running Bastard: faster members of the pack, or the first to arrive at the on-in. - Grand Master/Mistress (GM)
Mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the hash. This term is, in many hashes, given to the Hash Master/Mistress after his tenure. - Grand Mattress (GM)
Synonym for Grand Mistress. - 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 Flash
Designated photographer for hash events - 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/Harriette
Any hasher - 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
Newsletter, usually with reports of previous hashes and a list of upcoming events. - Hash Shit
Offensive or embarrassing object awarded to a hasher for notable on-trail accomplishments, normally carried by the awardee on subsequent trails until it is awarded to someone else. - 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
Children of hashers - Hounds
The body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also Pack - Interhash
World hash gathering - Kennel or Chapter
Local Hash Group - Live Hare
Hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by the pack as he or she lays trail - Mismanagement
Hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed - Nash hash
A national gathering of Hashers - “On Call”
Shouted in response to “Are you” by a hashers to indicate that while they do not see any trail markings, they are following someone else’s “On On” calls. - On In / On Inn
Trail’s end, also On-Inn; trail mark indicating proximity to end - “On On”
Shouted by FRBs or hounds (or hashers) to indicate they are on true trail. Only shouted by a hasher to indicate they see true trail markings. See also “On Call” - On Sec
Mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc - Puppies
Children of hashers, see “Horrors” - Receding Hareline
List of up-and-coming hash events, normally printed in the Hash Trash - Religious Advisor (RA)
Mismanagement member, often in charge of Circle, also in charge of blessing the hash and settling disputes over tradition. Also considered to be responsible for the weather. - Scribe
Mismanagement member normally in charge of writing The Words - SCB
Short-Cutting Bastard: habitual short-cutter - Shiggy
Thick vegetation, streams, etc; especially mud. See also Vertical Shiggy. - Sweeper see Back hare
- Virgin
Hash newbie; first-time hasher.