hella

h-lla. originated from the streets of san francisco in the hunters point neighborhood. it is commonly used in place of “really” or “very” when describing something.
the fillmore is h-lla better than the mission.

thank g-d la is h-lla far away.
a multi-purpose word invented by people in north california, indigenous to the bay area.

adjective: to describe a lot of something or something good.

noun: a lot of

adverb: suplemental, inferrs a great quant-ty or that you’re doing something and doing it right!

interjection: an affirmation of what someone just said
adjective: this party is h-lla chill.

noun: i have h-lla.

adverb: the bay areais f-ckin h-lla better than socal

interjection: nicole: dude that sh-t was off tha hook
jaime: h-lla!
very, totally; lots of

n.b. generally used in northern california.
1. that party was h-lla sketch. what with all those sk-nky–ss girls.
2. there was h-lla weed tho!
h-lla is to nor-cal what wicked is to boston
that concert was h-lla tight,
term used to indicate personal superiority. when spoken in conversation, the receiving party immediatley knows that the person saying the word is of a high cl-ss because of that person’s norcal roots.
thusly, if the receiver is not of the same geography and stature, negative emotions arise from envy. a primary example is that of the frustrated socal dweller who is frequently subjected to the mighty and humbling presence of norcalers.
alternatively, h-lla can alert other prestigious norcalers that they are dealing with a higher species much like themselves.
norcaler: “that was h-lla cool!”
socaler: “huh? wha? h-lla? that sounds dumb.”
norcaler: “no sir. you sir are h-lla dumb. good day.”
socaler: “oh yah. you’re…dumbererer. keanu rules!!”
derived from “h-ll of a lot”. similar to “very, really, a lot,” etc.

used mostly in northern california though has been heard in other parts of ca and even in the media such as an infamous “h-lla” south park episode. (cartman used it outside of its meaning to annoy kyle.)
before: there’s a h-ll of a lot of beer in that fridge.

after: there’s h-lla beer in that fridge.

as “very” or “really”:

“that’s h-lla far away!”
an intensifier, with a grammatical function and usage similar to “very” or “really”.

it’s a contraction of “h-ll of”, and may have originated in alameda county, california. it was definitely in common use in berkeley public schools as far back as 1979.
“that party was h-lla rad.” (ca. 1981)

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