Hash Dictionary

Hare – the person setting the trail

Pack – those following trail

Live hare – when the hare goes out a few minutes before the rest of the pack, laying trail as he goes, so that the pack is actually chasing the hare

Dead hare – when the hare pre-lays the trail, often then following along with the rest of the pack

Fat boy – a short, walking hash

X = check – when you see this mark, the trail can go in any direction

“dot” – what you are looking for to mark the trail

F = false – when you see this, you’ve been f***ed. Go back to the last check and find the true trail

BN = beer near – every hashers favorite trail mark. Beer check is ahead

BC# = back check – go back the number of marks indicated. The last mark now becomes a check. This is rarely seen, as it tends to be as confusing to the hare as it is to the rest of the pack

à = arrow – shows direction on trail (duh). Arrows never lie (but hares do…)

“on-one” – what you say when you see one mark

“on-two” – what you see when you see 2 marks

“on-on” – what you say after the 3^rd mark to let the rest of the pack know you are on trail

“are you?” – way of asking a wandering hasher if he or she is in fact on trail.

“checking” or “looking” – answer to above question if you don’t know whether or not you are on trail

“lost” – answer to above question if you don’t know where the hell trail is

shiggy – thorns, swamps, mud, obstructing branches…anything non-hashers might consider poor running conditions

FRB – front running bastards. Those with more speed than wit who often run lots of extra miles down false trails, letting the slower, wiser folks know the more direct route

DFL – dead fucking last. What you don’t want to be at the beer check

virgin – someone at their first hash

circle – hashers circle up before a hash to introduce themselves and listen to the hares go over the details of the hash, and after the hash for ceremonies. Respect the circle!

ceremonies – the time after the hash where songs are sung, namings take place, accusations are made and down-downs are taken

accusations – a time to point out the infractions of other hasher on trail. These are punishable by down-downs. Beware, as false accusations are also punishable by down-downs

down-down – the downing of a glass of beer, after which the glass is emptied over your head to show that it is in fact “downed”

hash name – after several hashes and/or when you do something particularly stupid, you will be given a hash name, by which you will forever be known in the world of hashing…until such time as the hash decides to change it

on-after – the “after-hash”, usually at a bar, usually involving pitchers of beer and food

hash cash – money contributed at the end of the on-after. This goes mainly to pay for the beer and food at the bar, but occasionally may supplement the hare’s expenses (but don’t count on this) and the general hash fund. This is usually $10-15, occasionally as much as $20 (but not often).