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A man who is driving a car: Hey, look at that horseling running in that field over there!
His wife (a horse girl): For the hundredth time, it's not a horseling! It's a baby horse!
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Hanseling

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!
by Candycasa November 24, 2009
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Horsing Around

Indulge in frivolous activity or play .To mess about
The boys were horsing around all afternoon
by sonictf May 17, 2015
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Horneliness

Man, Jeff is in a constant state of horneliness and it's honestly worrying.
by BajiandMoe December 27, 2019
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Show-Horsing

When a gentleman caller tries to impress his female counter-part by engaging in behavior that would typically be more understated in normal situations.
Kevin: Look at Matt yelling at the TV like an idiot. He barely even likes baseball.

Ray: I know. He's just show-horsing because his girlfriend is here.
by Jack Parkman November 4, 2009
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horsengoggle

A game, similar to "rock, paper, scissors", to determine or appropriate goods or turns.
"If there ever was an odd amount of items such as food candy or pop we played a game we called "Horsengoggle." Any boy who wanted in on the goodie would stand in a circle with the others and one boy would count to three. On the count of three each boy would hold up 1 - 5 fingers. The fingers were totaled up and the horsengogglee if you will , would count from one to the number of fingers ,starting on his right ,the person that he ended up with received the item . As there was no way to cheat in this "game" it was the fairest system we had and there was never any argument over who won. "
From:
_The Unsinkable_
Dean Felsing Crew member of the Unsinkable
Copyright Jan. 22, 2000 : Dean Edward Felsing
by Emily.Susann December 27, 2008
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Hesseling

To sleep in a vehicle while traveling rather than in a motel or campground
He's Hesseling his way up to Alaska.
by Pale Tushy October 1, 2006
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