:::::::::::::::::: THE HASH DICTIONARY ::::::::::::::::::::
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ˇ Alcohol Abuse: spilling or otherwise wasting beer at any time during a hash, especially during down-downs
ˇ Annual General Meeting (AGM): in many hashes, the occasion for annual erections of hash mismanagement; in others, an excuse for a party; also Annual General Piss Up
ˇ Annual General Piss Up (AGPU): see Annual General Meeting
ˇ Aprés: dinner, drinking, or continued partying after hash formalities have concluded; see On-Afters, On-On-Ons, On-On-On-Ons
ˇ "Are You?" (R U?): question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning "Are you on trail?"
ˇ Arrow: directional trail mark; also see True Trail Arrow, Pack Arrow
ˇ A-to-A: trail that ends where it starts
ˇ 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)
ˇ 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)
ˇ Auto-Hashing: hitching a ride to the end, a heinous violation of hash etiquette
ˇ 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
ˇ 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
ˇ Balls Check: trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which must be solved by male hashers before the pack can proceed
ˇ Bash: bicycle hash
ˇ Basher: bicycle hasher
ˇ Bashing: hashing by bicycle
ˇ Beer: see Piss
ˇ Beer Check: 1) beverage stop; 2) trail mark* indicating a beverage stop
ˇ Beer Master: mismanagement member in charge of ensuring an adequate beverage supply for hash events; also "biermeister"
ˇ Beer Near: trail mark* indicating proximity of beverages; can be associated with a beer check, on-in, or on-home
ˇ Blow Job: see Bad Trail
ˇ Boob Check: trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which must be solved by female hashers before the pack can proceed
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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
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Butt Chug:
See Debauchery
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Butt Painting:
See Debauchery
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B-Van:
vehicle used to transport beer, food, hash bags; see also Chase Vehicle
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Caught Hare:
a hare who has been overtaken and physically caught by a member of the pack;
normally honored during Down-Downs
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Chalk:
basic substance used for marking trail; see also Flour, Paper
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Chalk Talk:
trail instructions for virgin or visiting hashers
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Chase Vehicle:
see B-Van
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Check:
trail mark* indicating an intersection where true trail may take another
direction; see also Decision Point,
Intersection.
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"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
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Circle:
assembly of hashers at trail's end, normally for the purpose of conducting
down-downs
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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
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Couth Monger :
see also Hash Devil
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C-word:
euphemism for "competition" or "competitive"
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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)
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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)
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Dead on Trail (DOT):
hopelessly lost
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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
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Decision Point (DP):
see Check.
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Doo-Loop:
looping section of trail designed to slow down the pack and give the hare more
lead
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Down-Down:
the ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor)
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Down-Downs:
the ceremony of honoring deserving hashers after the trail
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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
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Eagle Trail:
an optional section of trail, longer or more difficult than the standard trail
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Erections:
mismanagement elections, normally accomplished during the AGM
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False Trail:
see Bad Trail; a section of trail going nowhere, designed to slow down
the pack and give the hare more lead
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F.B.A.C.:
Fat Boys' Athletic Club; a kinder, gentler subset of the hashing community with
rigorous membership standards
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Flour:
a basic substance used to mark trail; see also Chalk, Paper
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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)
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Full Moon:
frequently an occasion for an evening hash; many kennels hash every full moon
throughout the year
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"G" Day:
February 11th. A.S. Gispert ("G"), the father of hashing, was killed
in action defending
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Gay:
general-use adjective used to describe something as limp, lame, bland, or
wimpy; opposite of Slutty
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Grand Master:
mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the kennel; also Hash Master
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Grand Mattress:
mismanagement member; sometimes used as the title for a female grand master
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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
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GrrrAnimals:
matching or coordinated running attire worn by poofters, normally a punishable
offense
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Hare:
hasher who lays the trail; see Live Hare, Dead Hare
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Hare Arrow:
trail mark*, normally means "true trail," but not always
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Hare Raiser:
mismanagement member in charge of lining up hares for future trails
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Harrier:
any hasher, male or female; in some hashes, a male hasher
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Harriette:
female hasher
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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
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Hash Bag:
bag of dry clothes and other post-trail necessities; see also Shag Bag
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Hash Cash:
1) mismanagement member; the treasurer; 2) financial resources of the hash
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Hash Crier:
mismanagement member; calls other members to let them know when and where runs
will start
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Hash Devil:
mismanagement member; in some hashes, the person in charge of down-downs or
singling hashers out for violations; see also Couth Monger
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Hasher:
any Hash House Harrier
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Hash Etiquette:
euphemism for "rule"; also see Rule # 1
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Hash Flash:
hash photographer
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Hash God:
see Self-Appointed Officious Assholes
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Hash Haberdasher:
mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts, hats, mementos, etc
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Hash Harlot:
mismanagement member, often a female religious adviser; meaning varies between
kennels
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Hash Horn:
mismanagement member; carries a horn or bugle on trail, blows it to encourage
and guide the pack
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Hash House:
1) the Selangor Club in
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Hash House Harrier:
any hasher
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Hash House Harriers (HHH or H3):
1) hashers; 2) the hash
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Hash House Horrors:
hashers' children
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Hash Hymn:
song sung by the pack during down-downs; see also International Hash Hymn
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Hashing:
the act of running a hash trail
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Hash-L:
international e-mail list for hashers (click here
for subscription instructions)
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Hash Master:
mismanagement member; see Grand Master
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Hash Name:
nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs or in honor of a notable
incident; not used by all hashes
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Hash Olympics:
games played during interhashes, usually involving drinking; can involve
debauchery
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Hash Quack:
mismanagement member in charge of administering first aid to injured hashers
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Hash Scribe:
mismanagement member normally in charge of writing the hash trash
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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
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Hash Trash:
newsletter containing writeups of past runs and announcements of upcoming
events
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Hash Time:
an erratic measure of a precise phenomena. If the hash is scheduled to start at
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Hat: in most
hashes, not to be worn while doing down-downs
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Hounds:
the body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also Pack
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HUYA:
a plunger, acronym stands for "head up your ass"
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Interhash:
regional, national, or world hash gathering
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Intersection:
see Check
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International Hash Hymn:
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"; see Hash Hymn
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Joint Master (JM):
co-GM; in some hashes, an assistant to the GM
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Kennel:
Hash House Harrier chapter or club
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Live Hare:
hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by the pack as he lays trail
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Long-Cutting Bastard (LCB):
1) slower member of the pack; 2) someone who gets horribly lost and comes in late
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Mismanagement:
hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed
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Mooning:
mild form of debauchery
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Mother Hash:
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M-word:
euphemism for "marathon"
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Naming Committee:
group of hashers who bestow hash names upon new hashers
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Nash Hash:
a national interhash
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New Boot:
see Virgin
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New Shoe:
drinking vessel used during down-downs; see also Tea Bag; heinous violation
of hash etiquette
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No Blow:
hasher who forgets his whistle, normally honored with a down-down
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On-Afters:
see Aprés, On-On-Ons, On-On-On-Ons
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"On-Back":
shouted by FRBs to the pack when FRBs encounter a back check
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On-Before:
where hashers gather before the start of the hash, usually a public
establishment
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On-Home:
1) trail's end, also On-In; 2) trail mark* indicating proximity to end
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On-In:
see On-Home
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On-Off:
start of trail
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"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
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On-On-Ons:
see Aprés, On-Afters, On-On-On-Ons
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On-On-On-Ons:
see Aprés, On-Afters, On-On-Ons
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"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
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On-Sec:
mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc
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On-Sex:
more than one on-sec
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"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
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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
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On-X:
trail mark* meaning "on across," usually found near freeways, airport
runways, rivers, etc
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Oz:
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Pack:
hashers in pursuit of the hare, also Hounds
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Pack Arrow:
mark left by a member of the pack indicating direction taken; follow at your own
peril
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Paper:
basic substance used to mark trail; see also Chalk, Flour
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Pelican Drinking:
See Debauchery
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Phantom Hare:
secret hare, unknown to the pack
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Photo Hash:
theme hash where a photograph shows the pack where to run to; another
photograph will be hidden at that location, and so on . . . a variation is the
"Clue Hash," where hashers find their way by written clues
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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
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Piss:
see Beer
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Piss Drinking:
See Debauchery
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Pissed:
drunk
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"Piss Off":
go away, get fucked, etc
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Piss-Up:
drinking session; a party
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Piss Wagon:
see B-Van
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Player:
obnoxious asshole; see also Poofter
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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"
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Poofterism:
behavior associated with poofters
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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
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Private Party:
act of participating in a non-circle conversation, thereby showing disrespect
to the GM during down-downs
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Queef:
say what?
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Ranging:
the process whereby certain hounds run with total disregard for the trail
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Receding Hareline:
list of upcoming hash events, normally printed in the hash trash
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Red Dress Run:
theme hash where hares and pack wear red dresses; variations include lingerie
runs, mini-skirt runs, muumuu runs, nude runs, etc
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Regroup:
trail mark* used in some hashes, where FRBs must wait for all members of the
pack to arrive before setting out again
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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
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Respect:
reverential attitude of right-thinking pack members toward the GM during the
circle and down-downs
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Rule:
universally-understood tenet of acceptable hash behavior; never called a
"rule" but often euphemized as "tradition" or "hash
etiquette"
o
Rule # 1:
"There are no rules"
o
Rule # 2:
"See Rule # 1"
o
Rule # 6:
"No poofters!"
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R-word:
euphemism for "race," "run," or "rule"
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Self-Appointed Officious Assholes:
see Hash God
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Shag Bag:
a bag of dry/warm clothing for use after the hash; see also Hash Bag
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Shandy:
"lady's" down-down drink made of beer and ginger ale; most often seen
in the
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Shiggy:
jungle, thick vegetation, rocks, cliffs, streams, etc; especially mud
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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
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Shitty:
adjective used to describe a really good trail
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Short-Cutting:
the act of attempting to short-cut the trail, see also Zenning
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Short-Cutting Bastard (SCB):
habitual short-cutter, a title of esteem in most hashes
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Sixty-Nine:
a number fraught with significance
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Slutty:
general-use adjective used to describe something as strong, robust, or
satisfying; opposite of Gay
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Song Master:
mismanagement member; leads down-down songs
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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
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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
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Tradition:
euphemism for "rule"; also see Rule # 1
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Trail Recce:
act of scouting a potential trail; hare practice
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True Trail:
the correct trail that leads to the on-in
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True Trail Arrow:
trail mark* indicating true trail
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Trusted Agent:
Hound who has been told where the on-in is in case the pack gets lost
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Turkey Trail:
optional section of trail, normally shorter and easier than the main trail
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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)
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Up-Up:
trail mark used to taunt the pack on a hilly trail
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Violation:
any infraction of hash etiquette or tradition, on- or off-trail
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Violator:
he or she who must be punished, normally by down-down
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Virgin:
first-time hasher; also applied to first-time hare
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Virgin Lay:
1) a virgin hare's first trail; 2) a new kennel's first hash
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Walkers:
infant, infirm, or elderly hashers
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Wanker:
literally, a masturbator; in English/Australian use, a sort of "Sad
Sack" character; in hash use, an everyday hasher
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Wherdafugarwee?:
from a hash song, what a hound might say when lost
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Whinge:
whine
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Whinger:
whiner; see also Poofter
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Whinging:
whining
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X: trail
mark* used to indicate a check or intersection
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Yak Circle:
a clearly defined circle next to the Down-Down Box in which all vomitus is
deposited
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YBF: bad trail
mark*; stands for "You've Been Fucked"
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Zenning:
striking out cross-country in anticipation of finding the on-in; see also Short-Cutting
ˇ Zicky-Zacky: see Shiggy-Shaggy
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