“Are You?” (R U?): question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning “Are you on the trail?”
“Back Check” (BC): trail mark indicating that runners should turn around and retrace their path while looking for the 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
“Candy Check”: mid-hash stop where the hares may dispense well-earned energy boosts to the pack.
“Chalk Talk”: trail instructions for newbie or visiting hashers.
“Check”: trail mark indicating an intersection where the true trail may take another direction
“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
“Circle Time”: an assembly of hashers at trail’s end, normally for the purpose of conducting down-downs.
“Down-Down”: the ceremony of quaffing a beverage (an honour).
“Down-Downs”: the ceremony of honouring deserving hashers after the trail.
“Hare”: hasher who lays the trail.
“Hash Hymns”: Songs, typically scurrilous, silly, obscene, childish or all of the above; usually sung during Circle and for Down-Downs.
“Harriers and Harriets”: male and female hashers.
“Newbie”: first-time hasher.
“On-Back”: shouted by front-runners on encountering a back check.
“On-In”: 1) trail’s end, 2) trail mark indicating proximity to end
“On-Off”: start of the trail
“On-On”: shouted by horrors (only!) to indicate they’re on the trail.
“Pack”: hashers in pursuit of the hare, also Hounds.
“R-word”: euphemism for “race,” “run,” or “rule”.
“Shiggy”: jungle, forest, or mud (a really good trail).
“Short-Cutting”: the act of attempting to short-cut the trail.
“Sweetie Stop”:see Candy Check.
“Violation”: any infraction of hash etiquette or tradition, on- or off-trail.
“Violator”: he or she who must be punished, normally by down-down at circle time.