Hell of


1. originated in oakland in the mid-70s.
2. original pr-nunciation of “h-lla”.
3. was funny because it confused people.
4. first used in a movie: e.t. (1982). boy looks in fridge and mumbles to himself, “nothin’ but h-lla sh-t in here.”
5. kids began to say “heck of” to keep from getting in trouble w/ parents.
6. phrase was never “h-ll of a.”
“it’s h-ll of bad”
“that’s h-ll of jive”
the phrase that the word h-lla is the contraction of. h-ll of means the same thing as h-lla, but it conveys more emphasis. it is always the most stressed word in the sentence.
it’s h-ll of f-cked up that his mom died.
a word derived from ‘h-ll of a lot’, cousin to word h-lla, meaning ‘very’ or ‘a lot’. known to be used by nevada county stoners, which are from wayyyyy norcal
“that was h-llof fun last nite”
‘that girl is h-llof hot”
meaning “very” or “a lot of”
saying h-lla is h-llof gay
a new variation of the norcal “h-lla”.. usually employed by those more in tune with modern street lingo. common to san luis obispo, livermore, and chico.
“that was a h-ll of sick set that tiesto spun at spundae”

“i h-ll of houdini’d chris’ mom after she refused to make me potstickers.”

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