Named for the action of Hansel (and Gretel) from "Hansel and Gretel," the Grimms' fairy tale, as they dropped stones or bread, in turn, to mark their path through the forest.

Forms may include: Hanseling (or lower case, hanseling), a verb; to hansel, a verb; or Proper noun, Hansel (meaning one who drops carelessly in described manner, or any variation of such).

Hanseling is the term used when items, carelessly or purposely, are dropped (possibly in a meandering or careless path-like manner) as a man or boy walks; Greteling is the identical term when a woman or girl walks and drops items in similar manner.

So there is the male version: Hanseling. The female version: Greteling. Either caps or lowercase: Hanseling or hanseling; Greteling or greteling.

The term was initially used years ago when small boys would fail to stay put at meals, and would carry their meals or snacks around the house, haphazardly dropping crumbs or chunks of food in paths around the house.
The term not only includes eating and dropping crumbs, but can broadly include dropping any item (such as clothes, paper, trash, etc.), often in an unthinking or inconsiderate manner.

It can further include not wiping ones' feet at the door, and hanseling mud throughout the home. Etc.

Stop the messes Hansel! No more hanseling around the house eating handfuls of Fruity Pebbles!

Hanseling by Candycasa November 24, 2009

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Hesseltine

A demon who lives the hot steamy dungeon of unfortunate schools. Highly assertive, hormonal, and knowledgeable in literature. Feeds off of the fear of it's students and makes them annotate for subtext until they become its minions. If one where to cross it, the Hesseltine stares in the victim's soul and takes it for her spawn.

Student 1: "What you doing?"

Student 2: "Must fine how to be an individual... Must find the subtext."

Student 1: "Oh, that right you have Hesseltine."

Hesseltine by Idon'tknow55 December 20, 2010

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Heskeying

When you change someone's background to Emile Heskey

I'm heskeying you

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hempeling

1.) The act of lingering behind people as the walk.

2.) Message girls randomly saying Hey!! (:

3.) Being in the backround of a picture pretending to be texting, but no ever texts u.

4.) Always asking to hang out.

Hempel: Hey!! (:
Girl: Umm Hi?

Or dude look at that kid Hempeling behind us

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Hesseltine BS Skills

A set of skills obtained by desperate failing students in English class. Essentially the skill of being able to completely bull shit a question or essay by writing down thoughts and ideas that make no sense but sound deep and profound. Can also be used in order to lengthen a response to a question so that you get a higher grade a result. This skill can be applied in many other classes with varying degrees of success.

Student 1: Oh I got an 60 on that last assignment
Student 2: I wrote the same thing that you did but I got a 100
Student 1: How?
Student 2: I used my Hesseltine BS Skills

Hesseltine BS Skills by Anonymous823489438943 October 30, 2020