Definitions
Wiktionary
- nonstandard Hell have.
- adj. slang, chiefly N CA Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
- adj. slang, chiefly N CA a lot; or, a hell of a lot.
- adv. slang, chiefly N CA Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
- adv. slang, chiefly N CA Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- interj. slang, chiefly N CA For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
Etymologies
- Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Also helluv. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I will trade in fog for sun, espresso for straight black organic coffee slush, and I will make every best effort to drop the word hella every other sentence.”
“Connoisseurs of slang won't be shocked that Northern Californians text "hella" a lot an expression of enthusiasm.”
“With San Franciscans who have a distaste for the notorious Los Angeles traffic jams and Angelinos who shiver just thinking about fog, the rivalry between the two regions becomes comedic with a "hella" here and a "like" there.”
The Huffington Post: Lauren Selman: Art Bridges the Great Divide
“If UC Davis student Austin Sendek has his way, the word "hella" will get its due -- in science.”
“At Google, software engineers, who are accustomed to planting "Easter eggs" -- hidden delights -- in their programs, got wind of "hella" through one of Sendek's friends and installed it in the service's calculator.”
“Sendek, 20, has petitioned the Consultative Committee on Units (a subdivision of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) to use "hella" to describe the rarely cited quantity of 10 to the 27th power.”
“Or maybe, the adult who doesn't know what "hella" means gets hopelessly ragged on.”
“XxDreamofYouXx: ya never know cavemanxoxo: and i'll call myself Hella Mella from Vegas where we say "hella”
“I am clearly defining my use of "hella" as sarcastic, and ironic, for the tiny-brained.”
“For another thing, he says "hella" just waaaaaaayyy too much.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hella’.
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Imprecise Units of Measurement
A list of terms for units of measurement that are less than exact, such as dessert-spoonful.
two shakes, dessert-spoonful, a pinch, a bit, some, smidge, smidgin, dollop, drop, fleck, smack, sprinkling and 187 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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gangster
random gangster lingo and street slang with extra absurdities.
( open list, randomness )
related:
http://www....swagga, chinga, slams, blitzy, earf, manor, code name, rekkid, weight, feather, kong, swisher and 323 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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skrIKEA
I'm nöt a fan of IKEA the cömpäny or störe, but måny of their prödüct names make me giggle.
I started this off with reål prödüct names, but feel free to make them üp.grimstad, aneboda, ektorp, grankulla, lykesele, lenda, anno amorf, strib, slätthult, gunghult, flört, snille and 130 more...
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New and Unholy Coinage
21st century coinage. Any strange words you`ve seen on TV or heard from irritating young people.
hateration, holleration, chillax, weaksauce, pimpin', hella, meme, blamin, propagandhi, jazzercise, blog, social lubricant and 58 more...
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MuffinBurns's list
Words to dreams
rapture, cove, tingling, pahutakawa, pang, khop kun kop, hella, boffo, nirvana, flood, synchronicity, sysiphus and 9 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Rubbies
Words and things that rub me wrong
eclectic, canon, flesh, irregardless, conversate, can't, mandatory, war on christmas, male bonding, pissa, parochial, infallible and 98 more...
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Favorite Words That Aren't Really Words
Whether slang, acronyms, or madeupical, they're too good not to put on some list or other. See the companion list, "Favorite Words That Are Really More Like Phrases," here.
pwned, craptacular, embiggen, phwoar, dealie-bob, doojiggy, bootylicious, craptastic, ^_^, π, oo-ee-oo-ah-ah-ti..., gustnado and 326 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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Alaric's Words
chelation, bradykinetic, twelfth, dank, kulak, oneiric, cathexis, yonder, quern, lissome, naiad, krakatoan and 124 more...
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neologisms I like
nimrod, snarky, painbow, interrobang, hoser, kooky, craptastic, preggers, asshat, brainiac, shoegaze, skanker-sore and 146 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hella.
dbcorbin Slang word from Northern California meaning big, impressive, stunning.
"he's got hella bank" Very rich
"She's hella hot" Hot,hot, hot! Jun 10, 2009
mager They say, it's NorCal. Apr 19, 2008