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Alcohol Abuse:
spilling or otherwise wasting beer at any time during a hash, especially
during down-downs On UpŞ
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Analversary: term used by
hashers to mean anniversary of either the H3 or a member from whence they
started hashing On UpŞ
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Aprés:
dinner, drinking, or continued partying after hash formalities have
concluded; see On-Afters,
On-On-Ons,
On-On-On-Ons On UpŞ |
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"Are You?" (R
U?): question shouted by the pack to
FRBs, meaning "Are you on trail?" Different in meaning from the
hasher aRe yoU iN? which has a totally different connotation which I'm
sure you can
only imagine On UpŞ |
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Arrow:
directional trail mark; also see
True Trail Arrow,
Pack Arrow
On UpŞ |
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A-to-A:
trail that ends where it starts
On UpŞ |
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A-to-B:
point-to-point trail
On UpŞ |
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Auto-Hashing:
hitching a ride to the end, a heinous
violation of
hash etiquette
On UpŞ |
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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
see Check Back
On UpŞ
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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
On UpŞ |
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Ball Buster:
term for a trail that is usually longer than 10km and is up several steep
mountains not for the faint of heart see Eagle
Trail On UpŞ
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Balls Check:
trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which must be solved by
male hashers before the pack can proceed (not used
in IWSH3) On UpŞ |
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Bash:
bicycle hash On UpŞ |
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Basher:
bicycle hasher On UpŞ |
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Bashing:
hashing by bicycle On UpŞ |
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Beer: the most sacred of the sacred
nectars, barley pop, that which one is baptized with, and why we hash
see Piss
On UpŞ
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Beer Bitch: the person who pours the
down-downs for the
GM or RA
during the circle
On UpŞ
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Beer Check(BC):
1) beverage stop; 2) trail mark* indicating a beverage stop see
Beer Stop
On UpŞ |
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Beer Meister:
mismanagement member in charge of ensuring an adequate beverage supply for
hash events, the single most important member in the Mismanagement
On UpŞ |
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Beer Near (BN):
trail mark* indicating proximity of beverages; is usually associated with
finish, on-in, or on-home and in some hashes a beer stop (in
IWSH3 it is exclusively used only with on-in, or finish)
On UpŞ |
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Beer Stop (BS):
1) beverage stop; 2) trail mark* indicating a beverage stop (preferred
mark at IWSH3) see Beer Check
On UpŞ
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Blow Job:
a unusually long Bad Trail see Bad Trail
On UpŞ |
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Boob Check:
trail mark* indicating a check or intersection which must be solved by
female hashers before the pack can proceed (traditionally
not used at IWSH3)
On UpŞ |
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Butt Chug:
See Debauchery
On UpŞ |
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Butt
Painting: See Debauchery
On UpŞ |
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B-Van:
vehicle used to transport beer, food, hash bags
On UpŞ |
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trail mark* indicating "courtesy first" or a "No Blow Zone" as don't blow your whistle in this
area as we are running through a temple, shrine or graveyard or by doing
so might bring unwanted attention from the police
On UpŞ
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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, see
Hare Snare,
Snared Hare
On UpŞ |
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Chalk:
basic substance used for marking trail; see also Flour, Paper
On UpŞ |
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Chalk Talk:
trail instructions for virgin or visiting hashers
On UpŞ |
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Check:
trail mark* indicating an intersection where true trail may take
another direction On UpŞ |
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Back (CB#,ăB#
or ă#): trail mark* indicating that runners should turn
around and retrace their path while looking for
true trail, which branched
off somewhere before the CB; sometimes accompanied by a number indicating
the number of marks the pack should go back before looking for
true trail
( term more commonly referred to and marked at IWSH3)
see Back Check On
UpŞ
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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
On UpŞ |
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Circle:
assembly of hashers at trail's end, normally for the purpose of conducting
down-downs On UpŞ |
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Circle Jerk:
A risky maneuver done by hares looping a section of trail back on
itself designed to confuse the pack and slow them down, but can
sometimes result in a hare snare or caught hare if not executed properly see
Doo Loop, Idiot
Loop, and Loop
On UpŞ |
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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
On UpŞ |
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Couth Monger
: see also Hash Devil
On UpŞ |
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C-word:
euphemism for "competition" or "competitive"
On UpŞ |
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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)
On UpŞ |
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Dead Hare:
1.) a live hare who finishes his part of the trail, but doesn't run
all the way to finish tradition holds they mark
"Dead Hare" so that they may get the B- Van or retrieve the beer stop
without being snared 2.) in
some hashes a hare who lays the entire trail before the pack sets out;
sometimes accompanies the pack to ensure it doesn't get lost, see
Sweeper
On UpŞ |
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Dead on Trail
(DOT): hopelessly lost
On UpŞ |
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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
On UpŞ |
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"Donations!?": a call from the
GM or RA to the
pack in the circle
to invite them to add whatever they please to a
hasher's down-down for a particularly
heinous violation of hash etiquette prior to
them drinking it (can get really disgusting with some of the things added)
On UpŞ
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Doo-Loop:
looping section of trail designed to slow down the pack and give the hare
more lead see Circle Jerk, or
Idiot Loop
On UpŞ
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Down-Down:
the ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honor)
On UpŞ |
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Down-Downs:
the ceremony of honoring deserving hashers after the trail
On UpŞ |
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Down-Down Box:
a clearly defined (or not) square or rectangular area in which all
down-downs are consumed. Anyone who enters this box, for whatever reason,
must do a down-down and finish the beverage they foolish brought into it
On UpŞ |
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Eagle Trail:
an optional section of trail, longer or more difficult than the standard
trail often offered with its opposite Turkey otherwise know as an Eagle
Turkey Split, see Turkey, Eagle-Turkey Split
On UpŞ
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Erections:
mismanagement elections, normally accomplished once a year
On UpŞ
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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
On UpŞ |
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F.B.A.C.:
Fat Boys' Athletic Club: a kinder, gentler subset of the hashing
community with rigorous membership standards
On UpŞ |
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Flounder(ed/er):
a hashing term to mean to found to be founded or a founder as in "IWSH3
was floundered on August 28, 1999, by
flounder Penis Machinist."
On UpŞ
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Flour:
a basic substance used to mark trail (substance of choice for IWSH3); see
also Chalk, Paper
On UpŞ |
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Four
Lettered Word: the antithesis of hashing, the evil that all but
the most fortunate of hashers have to face at some point .....work
On UpŞ
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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
the same, since one should not be competitive) They usually end up running
all the BTs, YBFs and Check Backs clearing all the checks for the rest of
the pack On UpŞ |
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Full Monty the unspoken of hash,
a naked hash run see UGH
On UpŞ
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Full Moon: frequently an occasion
for an evening hash; many kennels hash every full moon throughout the year
On UpŞ |
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"G" Day:
February 11th. A.S. Gispert ("G"), the father of hashing, was killed in
action defending Singapore from invading Japanese forces on this date in
1942 On UpŞ |
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Gay:
general-use adjective used to describe something as limp, lame,
bland, or wimpy; opposite of Slutty
On UpŞ |
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Grand Master
(GM): mismanagement member, ceremonial leader of the hash
kennel; also Hash Master
On UpŞ |
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Grand
Mattress: mismanagement member; sometimes used as the
title for a female grand master
On UpŞ |
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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.
IWSH3 tradition has her holding the same privilege
as a Grand Master but duties reside more in the running and organizing of
the On On Ons though
can be called upon to lead the circle from time to time
On UpŞ |
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GrrrAnimals:
matching or coordinated running attire worn by poofters, normally a
punishable offense see Haberdashery
On UpŞ
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Guilty:
the judgment of the pack that your infraction against the traditions of
the hash warrant a down down, sometimes can be avoided by providing proof
of non guilt. On UpŞ
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Guilty by
Association: the phenomena of being given a down down due to
your symbiotic relationship to another hasher by either co -haring with
them, sharing a mismanagement position, a similar sounding hash name, or
whatever the pack can convince the GM is worthy of associating you with
that guilty member. "One hare drinks all hares drink!" Can
sometimes create the phenomena known as a Vicious Circle, See
Guilty
and Vicious Circle
On UpŞ
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Haberdashery:
1.) showing up to a hash either dressed up obviously not prepared to hash,
wearing obnoxious gay attire or wearing coordinated running attire see
GrrrAnimals 2.) The hash related
paraphernalia, or memorabilia that hashes sell to raise money and
hashers buy to avoid looking like poofters
On UpŞ
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Hare:
hasher who lays the trail; see Live Hare,
Dead Hare
On UpŞ |
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Hare Arrow:
trail mark*, normally means "true trail," but not always
On UpŞ |
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Hare Razor (Hare Raiser):
mismanagement member in charge of training and lining up hares for
future trails see Trail Master
On UpŞ
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Hare Snare: the act of
overtaking, running down and physically catching
a hare by a member of the pack
whom are both normally honored (hound) and ridiculed (snared
hare/caught
hare) during
Down-Downs, see
Caught Hare
&
Snared Hare
On UpŞ
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Harrier:
any hasher, male or female; in some hashes, a male hasher
On UpŞ |
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Harriette:
a female hasher On UpŞ |
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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 used
by the hares
On UpŞ |
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Hash Bag:
bag of dry clothes and other post-trail necessities; see also
Shag Bag
On UpŞ |
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Hash Cash:
1) mismanagement member; the treasurer; 2) financial resources of the hash
On UpŞ |
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Hash Crier:
mismanagement member; calls other members to let them know when and where
runs will start On UpŞ |
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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
On UpŞ |
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Hasher:
any Hash House HarrierOn UpŞ |
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Hash
Etiquette: euphemism for "rule"; also see
Rule # 1
On UpŞ |
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Hash Flash:
hash photographer On UpŞ |
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Hash God:
see Self-Appointed Officious Assholes
On UpŞ |
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(Hash)
Haberdasher: mismanagement member in charge of T-shirts,
hats, mementos, etc
On UpŞ |
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Hash Harlot:
mismanagement member, often a female religious adviser; meaning varies
between kennels On
UpŞ |
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Hash Horn:
mismanagement member; carries a horn or bugle on trail, blows it to
encourage and guide the pack (this position is
non-existent at IWSH3 or until we get a horn, any takers?)
On UpŞ |
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Hash House:
1) the Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of the Mother Hash;
2) any hash hangout, usually a bar in the case of IWSH3 Rock Inn 3.) a
hash member's house that left on vacation and foolishly left their keys
with another pack member while they were out of town
On UpŞ
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Hash House
Harrier: any hasher
On UpŞ |
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Hash House
Harriers (HHH or H3): 1) hashers; 2) the hash
On UpŞ |
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Hash House
Horrors: hashers' children
On UpŞ |
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Hash Hymn:
song sung by the pack during down-downs; see also
International Hash Hymn
On UpŞ |
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Hashing:
the act of running a hash trail
On UpŞ |
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Hash Master:
mismanagement member; see Grand Master
On UpŞ |
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Hash Name:
nickname, usually bestowed after a set number of runs and standing
before your fellow hashers answering a series of strange and or
embarrassing questions or in honor of a notable incident; not used by all
hashes On UpŞ |
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Hash Olympics:
games played during overnight events or interhashes, usually involving
drinking; can involve debauchery. Common events include Boat Racing,
Porta-John Clothing Swap Relay, water( milk or mayonnaise) filled condom
toss among others On
UpŞ |
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Hash Quack:
mismanagement member in charge of administering first aid to injured
hashers On UpŞ |
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Hash Scribe:
mismanagement member normally in charge of writing the hash trash see
Hash Trash Writer
On UpŞ |
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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
On UpŞ |
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Hash Standard
Time (HST): an erratic measure of a precise phenomena. If
the hash is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm, the actual start may be 2:17 or
2:29, or ??? in IWSH3 tradition usually a half hour or more (so always
tell the pack start or reservations are a hour before their actual time)
On UpŞ
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Hash Trash:
newsletter containing write ups of past runs and announcements of
upcoming events IWSH3 seems to have a problem getting these written On
UpŞ |
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Hash Trash Writer: a
hound, a member of the pack nominated at the run by the hares to
transcribe the hash trash for their run, coincides with a pre-circle down
down. Which they will continue to receive down downs at all following
hashes until they send the Wired Sex it see Hash
Trash &
Hash Scribe On
UpŞ
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Hashus-Interuptus:
the violation of having a real life that forces you to miss more than 1
hash in a row. Mercy may be shown if you have proof of hashing
elsewhere usually in the form of haberdashery gifts for the pack or proof
of sex, i.e. explicit photos or videos, see
Proof, Mercy and Guilty On
UpŞ
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Head Gear:
a hat that isn't open on top, not to be worn while doing down-downs if
worn the offender will get another down down. You must pour "whatever
doesn't go in you on you" so wearing any type of non visor hat protects
you from your down down, a most heinous offense in most hashes, so
go so far to rip it off your head and stomp on it while pouring beer
On UpŞ |
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Hounds:
the body of hashers in pursuit of the hare, see also
Pack On
UpŞ |
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HUYA:
a plunger, acronym stands for "head up your ass"
On UpŞ |
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Idiot Loop:
see Circle Jerk or
Doo Loop On
UpŞ
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Interhash:
regional, national, or if used with the definitive "The" world hash gathering
held every 2 years in different locations around the globe, so far it
hasn't been to the New World
On UpŞ |
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Intersection:
see Check On
UpŞ |
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International
Hash Hymn: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"; see Hash Hymn
On UpŞ |
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Joint Master
(JM): co-GM; in some hashes, an assistant to the GM
On UpŞ |
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Kennel:
Hash House Harrier chapter or club
On UpŞ |
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Live Hare:
hare who gets a nominal head start and is pursued by the pack as he lays
trail (IWSH3 is a live hare kennel!!!!)
On UpŞ
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Loop:
see Doo-Loop,
Circle Jerk and Idiot Loop
On UpŞ |
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Long-Cutting
Bastard (LCB): 1) slower member of the pack; 2) someone
who gets horribly lost and comes in late
On UpŞ |
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Mercy:
there never is any mercy unless you provide excellent proof, see
Guilty
and Proof On
UpŞ
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Mismanagement:
hash officials; sometimes elected, sometimes appointed
On UpŞ |
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Mooning:
mild form of debauchery
On UpŞ |
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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 UpŞ |
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M-word:
euphemism for "marathon"
On UpŞ |
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Mystery Hare:
1.)secret hare, unknown to the pack 2.) a euphemism for a
Pick-Style Hash see also
Phantom Hare
On UpŞ
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Naming
Committee: group of hashers who bestow hash names upon new
hashers, in IWSH3 it is any named member in attendance at hasher's 6th run
On UpŞ
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Nash Hash:
a national interhash
On UpŞ |
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New Boot:
see Virgin
On UpŞ |
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New Shoe:
drinking vessel used during down-downs; see also
Tea Bag, Straining; heinous violation of hash etiquette
On UpŞ |
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No Blow:
hasher who forgets his whistle, normally honored with a down-down
On UpŞ |
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On-Afters:
see Aprés, On-On-Ons, On-On-On-Ons
On UpŞ |
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"On-Back":
shouted by FRBs to the pack when
FRBs encounter a back check
On UpŞ |
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On-Before:
where hashers gather before the start of the hash to
pre-lube, usually a public
establishment On UpŞ |
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On-Home:
1) trail's end, also On-In 2) trail mark* indicating proximity to
end 3.) the call fellow pack members greet each other at finish (Rarely
used in IWSH3) see On-In |
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On-In:
1) trail's end, also On-Home in some hashes; 2) trail mark* indicating proximity to
end 3.) the call fellow pack members greet each other at finish (More
commonly used in IWSH3) see
On-Home
On UpŞ
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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
On UpŞ |
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On-On-Ons: dinner, drinking, or
continued partying after hash formalities have concluded (Common
used term at IWSH3 to refer to this type of event)
see Aprés,
On-Afters,
On-On-On-Ons
On UpŞ |
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On-On-On-Ons:
see Aprés,
On-Afters,
On-On-Ons
On UpŞ |
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"On-One"
("On-Two," etc): shouted by
FRBs or
hounds to indicate the
number of flour
or hash trail marks they've seen on an unexplored trail, usually after a
check
On UpŞ |
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On-Sec:
mismanagement member normally in charge of hash rosters, run records, etc
On UpŞ |
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On-Sex:
more than one on-sec
On UpŞ |
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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
(unfortunately IWSH3 doesn't have a source for an ice block big enough to
seat all the offending wankers
in our circles,
though we are looking)
On UpŞ
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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
On UpŞ
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Oz:
Australia On UpŞ |
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Pack: term for
hashers in pursuit of the hare usually referred to with the definitive
article "the" as in the pack was stuck at a check (more
commonly used over
hounds at IWSH3) 2.)
general term for members at hash that are neither the
hares nor a part of
mismanagement,
see also Hounds
On UpŞ |
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Pack Arrow: trail
mark left by a member of the pack indicating direction taken usually vetern hashers have a specific marking beside it or apart of it so you
know whose it is and whether you'd be wise to follow it; follow at your
own peril On UpŞ |
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Paper:
usually shredded basic substance used by other hashes to mark trail; see
also Chalk, Flour
On UpŞ |
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Pelican
Drinking: See Debauchery
On UpŞ |
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Phantom Hare: 1.)secret hare, unknown to the pack
2.) a euphemism for a
Pick-Style Hash see also
Mystery Hare
On UpŞ |
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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 (yet to be
tried at IWSH3) On
UpŞ |
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Pick-Up Style Hash:
hash where the hare is chosen at the last minute, usually through a
drawing or game of chance; head starts are shorter 5 minutes as opposed to
12 minutes with 3 minutes of walking and the hare is expected to be caught
often--the FRB catching the hare becomes the next hare, and so on see
Mystery Hare
& Phantom Hare
On UpŞ |
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Piss:
British terminology for beer see Beer
On UpŞ |
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Piss Drinking:
See Debauchery
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Pissed:
British for drunk as in "I got totally pissed at the last hash"
On UpŞ |
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"Piss Off!":
go away, get fucked, etc
On UpŞ |
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Piss-Up:
British for a drinking session; a party
On UpŞ |
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Piss Wagon:
see B-Van
On UpŞ |
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Player:
obnoxious asshole; see also Poofter
On UpŞ |
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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
On UpŞ
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Poofterism:
behavior associated with
poofters
On UpŞ |
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Post-Lube: 1.) a hash event or run
taking place after an
interhash hosted by another
hash 2.) to imbibe of the beer after the On
On On, in an informal setting see also
Pre-Lube
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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 (definitely
a violation at IWSH3); like
masturbation, widely practiced but seldom admitted to
On UpŞ
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Pre-Lube: 1.) a hash event or run taking
place before an interhash
hosted by another hash
2.) to imbibe of the beer prior to running see also
Post-Lube &
On-Before
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Private Party:
act of participating in a non-circle conversation, thereby showing
disrespect to the GM during down-downs at which
"Hash Respect" is called for. Sometimes the offending members
are given a down down to cure them of this disease
On UpŞ
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Proof:
1.) a form of bribery bestowed upon the pack of guilty pack member in the
attempts to be shown Mercy from the pack and avoid being found guilty,
usually in the form of haberdashery souvenirs purchased during their
absence from the hash 2.) explicit photographs or videos showing that sex
was had (other than masturbation) while absent from the hash, see
Guilty and
Mercy
On UpŞ
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Queef:
say what? On UpŞ |
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Ranging:1.)
the process whereby certain FRBs run with
total disregard for the trail 2.) the process whereby the pack spreads out
from a check due to a poorly laid trail
On UpŞ |
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Receding
Hareline: list of upcoming hash events, normally printed
in the hash trash or on the web (our Receding
Hareline can be found here)
On UpŞ |
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Regro:
term used for the registration form one fills out to register for special
hashing events such as
interhash or a campout weekend hash
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