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Hella
FOUND by Cecilia Lee
in University of California, Irvine, California
I saw this on the bathroom wall of the arts department. I have never heard anyone say "hella" until I came to this school and met Nor Cal people.
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to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
I know people from Nor Cal and this couldn't be more correct. Hilarious.
first!!!11!!!!!1
Nor Cal or So.,
Taxes are hella high
wherever you go.
Anon... you just pwned yourself.
I didn't hear the word hella until that southpark episode where cartman says it a billion times.
Midlife, can you verify?
um yess represent. norcal. home of the hella and hyphy movement
The West Coast is The Best Coast and people from NorCal have Hella pride. So I am hella representing for NorCal by saying this find is hella, hella tight.
Reason # 3472904 why SoCal is better than NorCal:
We do not say "hella"
Great find. I like this one a lot.
hella straight find.
Hella awesome! you've added another bitchin' word to your vocabulizzle. Word to your mother!
Hella, I mean hello? Helleugh? Oxford English Dictionary? Got another one for ya: 'vocabulizzle'...
thanks!!
doesn't this representation of california look an awful lot like a sock?
i'm from pittsburgh, and i've never been further west than indiana, and i say hella all the time:]
What the hell is "hella"?
(It must be an age thing Jonathan. Hold my hand. We'll be ok.)
You know you're getting old, when you can't understand people and you know you're speaking the same language...God, do I ever feel *45*! ROFLOL
You also know you read far too much 18th century literature when you're running to catch the bus, turn to your friend and say "Make haste!" to encourage them to run faster!!
straight out of the Urban Dictionary...
Hella:
hella is to nor*cal what wicked is to boston
Please tell me that Boston still isn't using the word wicked?!?!
For those of you who are hella confused:
1. hella
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 hella better than the Mission.
Thank God LA is hella far away.
2. Hella
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 quantity or that you're doing something and DOING IT RIGHT!
Interjection: An affirmation of what someone just said
Adjective: This party is hella chill.
Noun: I have hella.
Adverb: The Bay areais fuckin hella better than socal
Interjection: Nicole: Dude that shit was off tha hook
Jaime: hella!
I've never been off the East Coast and I've heard people use Hella before. Don't they say it up in New Hampshire or something?
im from SO CAL and there was one point in time when i remember everyone was using the word "hella" i think that was eight+ years ago..but my friends from up north still uses that word..i guess the south matures faster =]
I heard "hella" said lots when I lived in SF and then later living in Dallas I had a friend who had a fez with "HELLA" on it, I don't know where she got it but it looked like a real shriners helmet.
I'm w/Baby Basil on this....I say that all the time, as well as write "tis" a lot....
You aren't alone.)
'Hella' - heard it, but never associated it w/"Nor Cal Pride" at all.
I've always heard it in conjunction w/ "hell of a"...which where I come from is kind of 'red neck' - so, I guess I just don't get it.
I like the abbreviation "Nor Cal" though.
Learn something new every day I guess.
So, I've never been farther west than Indiana....are you telling me that they use this phrase like this: (e.g.) "That's a hella big price to pay for gas?"
I don't get it. Whatever. I'll listen for it now from my friends in Cali.
I have a friend from Vermont that says wicked. She will say "that was wicked good," it always sounded srange to me. If I heard "it was hella good" well, that just sounds stupid. Thank Atta Girl cause I really was confused. Good find though.
Hella holla from the Hill! ( Chapel )
Thank you Atta Gurl. Hella explanation!
(Baby Basil, take my other hand. And Take comfort that you can still RUN for the bus!)
Yup, I lived in the bay area for awhile and picked up this phrase while I was there. That and to tendency to tell a story using the term 'he/He was all'instead of 'he/He said' which is hella annoying.
All of us old people shouldn't worry about not knowing the "new vocabulizzle", because it just makes us look pathetically uncool, when we try to use it, anyway.
thats what my offspring say, anyway.
hella is used here in new england a lot, especially by the hicks from new hampshire. it's hella annoying. and yes, we still say wicked here!
I had no idea people didn't say "hella" until I went to SoCal
I first heard hella on South Park, on an old episode when Cartman keeps saying "Hella" and Stan keeps telling him to shut up.
Mona Lisa, that's just what your offspring want you to believe, so they don't feel embarrassed. Personally, I'm always on the look-out for new ways to embarrass mine.
I'm trying to bring back the phrase "Far Out" if anyone cares to help me with my quest. I hoping it will completely replace the word "awesome" by 2010.
I feel bad for my sister whenever she says " cool beans " .
Good luck with "Far Out" Night in gale...
I tried the same thing about a year ago using "Right On" with my son and his friends...
They LOVED it for a while, then when some girls made fun of them for it -- not so much.
'Hella' are also a very good band.
I am one of those people who simply can't speak slang - It sounds forced and ridiculous - I can't even say "cool" I have to say "okay".
The upside of that it I follow my 14yr old around and repeat her slang. She barely uses any around me now because it drives her crazy. lol.
She still has "chillax" which I can't bring myself to say.
i use "bees knees" a lot. ive been known to use some random old fashioned words from time to time. elders just look at me wierd. i think im an old soul.
What about "hella good" from No Doubt?
emily in beantown...i was just in Boston last weekend. i man asked if i needed help with directions and i told him i was looking for the park. he was like, "park, we dont call it a park here. its the commons." lol.
then i ate some clam chowdah.
That find is the cat's pajamas.
...and the bee's knees, and the dog's bollocks.
Or pants. Or just a big girl's blouse.
oh Jonathan, bless. Out of all the world's slang, i love the British the best.
Bloody 'ell, you guys is da bomb.
Nightingale, I will use "far out" if you will use "hot diggity dog".
Nor Cal says "hella"
Alabama says "hey ya'all"
Wisconsin says "you betcha"
Minnesota says "that's different"
Never heard hella, must be an age thing.... still use wicked all the time....
Hella Awesome Find!! lol West Coast Pride!! Wooo! No I know technically Utah isn't on west coast, but its close lol. Here some people say "Hella" but only non-native people to Utah. We say "Heck" here lol "Oh my Heck!!" lol Anyway this find is Hecka Cool lol :D
I haven't heard the word "hella" since I was in the NW. But from what I heard, Oregonians think they started it.
And then there's the band Hella...
Hella kudos, Atta Gurl for the extensive explanation.
Well i'm guessing the "NorCal" possibly means North California, maybe what there trying to say by using the word "hella" is that its "hella" good times in "NorCal", and there proud to be there.
I am totally confused now... I just got a Boston Terrier puppy. I named him Beans. Not so much as Boston Baked Beans, but more like he smells as if he ate an entire can of Boston Baked Beans, the saucy legume, not the tasty candy confection. He's been getting called Cool Beans lately. Should I be calling him Wicked Beans?
I live in the Deep South. Anyone who says hella is just faking being cool. Everyone who isn't cool/wicked says helluva.
I do use Right On, but I say it twice, so Right on, right on... More of an "I understand what you are saying, and I agree" than as in "Super!" The kids hate it. I also like Sweet! Try that one out instead of Right On! or Far Out...
You betcha, by golly, Birch Tree. You got yourself a hella deal. I've got a new old far out way to embarrass my offspring. Hot diggity dog!
Who has more fun, eh?
Hey, Night, gosh darn it, you almost sound canadian, eh?
Okay, I use every one of these slang words, and then some. It's my schtick. Noone ever knows what to expect. :o)
I came across this find not knowing anything about what it means, but through some help of the internet I was able to get a basic summary of what it all means. The picture you see is obviously a rough illustration of the State of California. Nor Cal stands for North California. The term is mainly only used by spoiled college folk. The name is also used in a San Francisco clothing line. Now the word Hella is a multi-purpose word originating from the deep streets of Hunters Point, San Francisco. If used as an adjective it describes a lot of something or something good. As a Noun it means a lot of. When used as an interjection it means an affirmation of what someone just said. To finish up this find was interesting find until now i would have come across this and not had the slightest idea what it meant.
this is hella funny.
Thanks, Savant. Just wondering, were you trying to be overly inclusive and pedantic?
Wet Sand: Yes, some people here still say wicked. In fact, I don't think it'll ever stop. Sometimes I catch myself, but try to hide my roots.
I love that we can come here in all our diversity and have fun learning new things without fear of ridicule for our ignorance.
xoxo
This reminds me of something Natalie Dee might do. Check her out at www.nataliedee.com
(the older stuff in the archives is better, for the most part).
Ya Mona. I don't have any Canadian in me, but once I had a Canadian in me. It musta rubbed off, eh?
That reminds me of a 'clever' pick up line around these parts.
"Any French in ya?"....
'no'
"want some???"
Emphasis on "clever", eh? I never would've fallen for that line. Instead it was "hey, how aboat we go for a ride, eh?"
NorCal people who go to school in SoCal (Irvine) automatically lose NorCal status and must reapply before reentering NorCal. That's the law!
OMG! I'de like to remain nameless. I too hate it when people say "cool beans" What does that mean anyway.
My Da always said hella when I was growing up. But he followed it with "va" and "lotta"
"you're in a hella va lotta trouble..."
As for So Cal, No Cal, or Lo Cal, I always thought Gwen Stefani brought the term to the masses. But maybe I'm confusing it with Holla back.
As a Find, I find this to be hella boring. But I can see how all the other kids think it's "kewl".
My kids will say she/he is hot when they think someone is good looking. Back in my day we said fox or fox 1/2, sometimes we said fine or superfine too. I've never heard hella.
i agree with MainSt. i think this guy's having a "hella" good time in North California. This person who made the drawing must have alot of pride in his state.
wet sand: boston is still using wicked a wicked lot. also still being used: pissa, heada, and various other words without a pronounced r on the end.
i learned hella from the miami season of the real world (SAD BUT TRUE, i once watched this horrid show). flora used to say "i'm hella mad!" all the time.
I haven't heard anybody besides Gwen Stefani say hella since I was in the tenth grade (17-18 years ago), maybe Southern Californians recognize when something is played out and move on to new words that make you sound stupid when you say them.
Flargy: Yay for the shout out for www.nataliedee.com. I visit www.toothpastefordinner.com every day and the links to Married to the Sea as well as Natalie Dee that are on the site. So in the last week, we've had fans of James Lileks (www.lileks.com) and Drew and Natalie--all talented and funny people with diverse points of view. Found is so unifying and fun - like playing hackysack at Model U.N.
Yeaaaaah, as to "cool beans"... it sucks. I used to make fun of people for using it, but then I used it so much that it sidled up to and violated my vocabulary. So now I say it. Yes, I hate myself for it.
Hey Pepper, I bet you're hella hot...
I have to agree on the "cool beans" thing I dated a guy that said it and every time he did I had to fight the urge of throwing him out the window lol I could have done it too :D And I'm sorry but "kewl" drives me nuts too, when people like write that or text that for some reason it drives me CRAZY!!! Its like the moon comes out and I turn into this Werewolf that wants to rip you apart GRRRRR!!! lol jk not that bad but it drives me nuts!! Why not just cool?? Hmmm anyway....
Hey PopTart I bet your Hella Hand Burning Hot after you pop up outta that toaster :P lol
Nightingale, I like 'How *aboat* we go for a ride?' complete with Canadian pronunciation!! Ha ha. Or was that a typo?
Australian pickup dialogue:
'Do you f*ck?'
'Not as a rule, but you just talked me into it, ya silver-tongued bastard.'
Back in Freshman year, my eastcoast friends would debate with us westcoast kids. They always maintained that 'wicked' was an eastern word, while 'hella' was a western word. Personally, I've found myself using neither.
Hey, what's the difference between a dog and a fox?
The only comparable phrase I can think of that I would use like "hella" would be "crazy", as in "It's crazy hot" or maybe "mad" as in "She's got mad clothes".
Nightengale and Mona et al:
I also try to embarass my teenagers, but in a different way. Here's a fun game to try. Listen to their rap songs and memorize some of your favorite lyrics. Then when their friends are over, casually slip the lyrics into conversation and watch their faces. Example I've actually used: When they say mom can I have some money, say "Don't act like you don't know my name. Ain't nothin' changed but my change, i'm goin' stay the same." It's actually really fun to watch their mouths hang open. But its important to have selections of lyrics from several different popular songs for different occasions so you seem more cool. And of course you have to keep up with the popular songs so you don't quote one that is now out of style (like the one I quoted above!).
Ooh..good one, Wendy. Keeping up with the lyrics can be a challenge, tho.
I also like to sing their favourite songs in an operatic manner. Drives 'em nuts.
One thing i wonder about embarrassing my kids, is why their friends, then, think i'm hella cool?
Alai, have I asked if you've seen this yet?
http://xkcd.com/241/
I sort of stopped checking Nataliedee....she got un-funny.
The find reminds me of the "end of the world" cartoon, after CA falls into the ocean.
No, I don't spend too much time online.
Becky, Boston born and raised, never heard "heada". Or do you mean falling down? Like taking a header down the stairs. I don't care how long I've lived in Boston, I won't type on my dialect, that's wicked dumb.
You betcha der hey, the gal across from just said cool beans. aaarghgh
this find is hella awesome!
Mona: about six pints.
And I had to have it explained to me.
xox lol )'j'(
oh jonathan. Let me blame it on the cultural divide, rather than your intelligence, or aptitude for lousy jokes....
@---
My response to 'Do you have any French in you?'
'No, but I got an injection.'
:)
I feel I should weigh in here, even though I have never been to California. This word 'hella' is really a shortened version of 'hell of' which is an expression people have used for a really long time, sorry but Gwen Stefani did NOT make it up. The expression 'hell of' can be used many ways:
e.g.: 'That is hell of stupid' or 'That is hell of gay'
It is a subtitute for 'really', 'extremely' and 'very'. I believe it was made popular by surfers and thrash punks in the 80's california punk scene, although versions of it were used decades before. Not sure if its native to No Cal, cuz I have heard it used everywhere, and yes, I think it is really annoying and stupid. I am not proud of where I hail from, wish I were =(
boston: yup. like falling down. and cool your jets about my pronounced spelling. i was making a point.
i hate it when bostonians get all "true bostonian" on my ass. anyone who lives within a 30-mile radius of boston claims to live there. drives me crazy. i live in the city.
Anon, I've never witnessed such self-ownage. Major cred for that :]
Sometimes I say 'hella' but always, always jokingly. People say this with all seriousness in Nor Cal? HAHAHAH! I don't know why that was so funny... probably because I'm tired :/
Hella cool find :P
When I say "hella", it usually is followed by "copter".
I've been all across this country, hung out in almost 40 of the states, and I can tell you this IMO: "Hella" has been around since Mr T. was on the tube. I've heard it all over - originally in Rochester, NY.
Like many slang words: please don't over-use.
Awww Sean :( Well I will be proud for you lol
WHOOOO!!! Rockville Rocks!!! *Jumps up on table and does a happy dance* Rockvilllllle!!
WHOOOOOO!!! ok i'm done :D
Hey!!! I'm in Rockvlle!! Md, though.
Yeah well there isn't a Rockville in Utah lol, I was just showing some luv for MD :D
-I am a little odd because normal is boring
lol
The arrow on the map points roughly to southern Trinity County, which is mostly uninhabited. According to Wikipedia, the entire county has a total population of 13,000 and no incorporated cities, despite being well over half the size of the state of Connecticut. It does not have a single traffic light. The median age is 45 years. I think it's safe to say that "hella" and "NorCal" are terms you probably won't encounter too often in Trinity County. :-)
Turbo, I spit out my wine about the hella (copter) comment. Poptart, I am hella hot, I'm also wicked hot, super hot, and hotmom hot. Do I sound vain?
HotMom Hot LMAO!!! That comment is gonna keep me cracking up all day ha ha ha ha ha :D
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 class 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, Hella can alert other prestigious NorCalers that they are dealing with a higher species much like themselves.
NorCaler: "That was Hella cool!"
SoCaler: "Huh? Wha? Hella? That sounds dumb."
NorCaler: "No sir. You sir are Hella dumb. Good day."
SoCaler: "Oh yah. You're...dumbererer. Keanu rules!!"
I found this on urbandictionary.com and im sooooo bored at work and found it extremely funny lol sorry :|
Jonathan: Your Australian pick-up line was the highlight of my day.
Turbo: You are hilarious.
Midlife Crisis: I appreciate the extra work you put into researching this find. :) You made me smile.
I'm from the Midwest and we don't really have any defining slang 'round these parts... come to think of it, we don't really have any definining... anything. :/
Even in central California we've got NorCal bros. All day we make fun of all of their lifted trucks, studded belts and star tattoos!
Hmmm, yeah what is it about NorCal guys and star tats?? I have a friend from NorCal he now lives in Seattle but he has Star tats on his chest hmmmm.... The things that make you go hmmmm
Today's Dictionary Day. Happy holidays, guys.
i guess nobody from vegas reads comments posted on found because i think we say it WAY more than californians. it's a disease. i once heard a so-californian making fun of us because of it. Vegas rocks. Hella.
wait... bathroom wall graffiti counts as 'found' material???? That opens things up a lot...
Today is also "National Boss Day." I wonder if there are national days for groovy, bodacious, outstanding, far out, right on, and bitchin'? (Thanks, Nightingale and Cotton.) Wendy, that is hilarious! I memorized the Crest toothpaste TV commercial disclaimer when I was young just to worry my parents: "Crest has been shown to be an effective decay preventive dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care." These days I prefer to quote the President of the United States when I want to drop something unusual into a conversation. One of my favorites is, "Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature, because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods." Fuckin'-A!
Cassisu, surfing around from your link (thanks for that) I found this one:
http://xkcd.com/239/
and here we are --
'the generation's finest minds meeting on comment threads'...
Hella! I'll drink to that.
You are using ir wrong you cant say "Hella explanation!" nonono you would say "thats a hella good explanation"
tsk tsk tsk
oh man, me and my friends say hella all the time, though we have also adapted it to "hellza" i'm not sure where the z came from, but i've been known to say it. atta girl you got the definition pretty spot on, i use it mostly to replace the word very,or alot mostly in the term "i'm hella pissed off" to mean, i am very pissed off? and no, i'm not someone that sits around and says dude alot
The epitome of Boston area excellence is:
"WICKED MINT!"
I know it's just me, but I'm annoyed by people who multiple post about THEMSELVES.umhmm Utachick.
we say hell and hella here too.
and everywhere has star tatts utah person, er.
@irrelevant input.. *(pssst..if we just ignore it, she should calm down within a couple more days)*
Ya'll quit being mean to Ultra-Chick. I think she is a breath of fresh air.
I comment through out the day, but I use a different handle each time.
"Hella" has been around 30 years, easily. And we don't say "North California," we say "Northern California."
I enjoy your comments UtahChickie, Keep it up
Hella is also a band from Sacramento that has gotten popular the past couple of years with the college crowd. They were probably playing at the school.
We say "hella" here in the south too.
I hella love Oakland
This is hella my favorite find
I love that the actual speaking bubble in the drawing looks like it's actually orginating in Eureka or Arcata along Hwy 101 somewhere...WAY up north near the Oregon border. The trees in the forests up there are hella big!
Midlife, when I was little I always used to misread ‘dentifrice’ as ‘dentrifice’ like ‘orifice’ or ‘artifice’ (didn’t know any Latin in those days). Likewise I always read ‘anodised’ alumin(i)um as ‘Adonised’ cos it was so beautiful!
Breath of fresh air? Pepper you must have washed your socks today.
While living in boise I had two roommates from the bay area. 'hella' became part of the house-hold, i'd never heard it before I met these two.
Yeah, this is true. I'm from DC. I live in South Bay. I hate California. You could say I "hella" hate it. Hella.
So I was reading through these comments and everything seemed all right; there was a lot of bad information floating around but that is typical. In northern California we are used to people being surprised and appalled at our admittedly bizarre slang. But then I came across this atrocious misuse of the English language from "Atta Gurl." My comments shall be contained inside parenthesis so as to avoid confusion.
"Atta Gurl in the know... said:
For those of you who are hella confused:
1. hella
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.
(First of all, the word ‘hella’ is never used to replace the word ‘really;’ it just doesn’t happen. The word ‘really’ means actually, in fact, sincerely, genuinely, truly, honestly, etcetera.)
The Fillmore is hella better than the Mission.
(Now this makes me wonder… Which word was Atta Gurl trying to replace with hella? Perhaps the Fillmore is “very” better than the Mission? You could argue that the Fillmore is “really” better than the Mission? But then why would it make sense to replace “really” with ‘hella’? Hella does not denote the veracity of your verbs.
I think what you are trying to say the Fillmore is a large amount better than the Mission. If such is the case then might I suggest the word ‘much.’ Or perhaps you were simply trying to state that the Fillmore is a large degree better than the Mission, which would personally draw me to the word ‘way.’ Because, in fact, the Fillmore is much better and is also way better than the Mission.)
Thank God LA is hella far away.
2. Hella
A multi-purpose word invented by people in north california, indigenous to the Bay Area.
(I know that this is just an Internet community, but if you can capitalize the “Bay Area,” then please show California the same respect.)
Adjective: To describe a lot of something or something good.
(Atta Gurl, your explanations are so incomplete and fallacious that it hurts me. As an adjective the word ‘hella’ is never used to describe “something good.” You are correct in saying that ‘hella’ may be used to describe a lot of something as per the example “Damn, that’s hella cops down there,” where the word ‘hella’ signifies that “down there” the number of cops is quite significant. But then you leave out the other things that ‘hella’ could mean as an adjective. What about the use of ‘hella’ to denote a high degree of something? i.e.: “This music is hella loud.”)
Noun: A lot of
(‘Hella’ is never used as a noun. ever.
And since when would the definition of a noun be “a lot of?!” Atta Gurl, I’m not sure if you are familiar with the concept of ‘noun.’ A noun can be a person, place, or thing, and sometimes even an abstract concept or idea. A noun would never be used to describe another noun because then, by definition, it would be an adjective. In fact, the definition that you so generously supplied here for this “noun” does look an awful lot like the definition above it under adjective. Hmm…)
Adverb: Suplemental, inferrs a great quantity or that you're doing something and DOING IT RIGHT!
(Does anyone know how many ‘P’s’ are in supplemental or how many ‘R’s’ in infer?)
(And another thing, how would ‘hella’ infer a great quantity? Now, I don’t pretend to be a great expert on adverbs so, correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t adverbs only capable of telling how you verb. Is there such a thing as a quantity of verb? I know that you can verb many times in quick succession or that a great quantity of people could all verb together, but doesn’t the nature of a verb keep it from amassing into quantities?)
Interjection: An affirmation of what someone just said
Adjective: This party is hella chill.
(I agree, this party is a high degree of chill.)
Noun: I have hella.
(This is an interesting case. What you have here is an implied noun being dropped of the end of the sentence. This could be the answer to a question such as “how many books do you have?” “I have hella.” As you can see, hella is still an adjective describing the quantity of books. The sentence “I have hella” makes no sense on its own. Also note that the answer to the question I fabricated could just as well be answered with a simple “Hella.”)
Adverb: The Bay areais fuckin hella better than socal
(Should I assume that you meant to type: The Bay Area is fuckin’ hella better than So Cal? because even if you had you would still be an idiot. Now I know as well as anyone that the word better can be used as an adjective, verb, adverb, or noun, however, the way that you used it was quite clearly as a comparative adjective. Better describe the Bay Area as possessing good in a greater amount than So Cal. Next time you try to show how ‘hella’ can be an adverb you might want to have it modifying a verb.)
Interjection: Nicole: Dude that shit was off tha hook
Jaime: hella!"
Dear Forest S.,
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question of 9 days ago. I finally understand. I hope I don't seem too forward in telling you that I find your verbosity arousing. I can't help wondering what you might say when you "talk dirty"....
Sincerely.
I never say cool beans. It's always Keen Beans.
Forest, I am in awe. Truly. Awe.
I say hella errday.
No, but really, here in the Bay, I here hella probably 1000 times a day.
Which is extremely ridiculous.
Hella burl. and hella gnar. (more slang from over here)
Nightingale, I was right.
One track mind.
Does brevity do it forya too?
Jonanthan, you're such a know-it-all.
8-)
And it depends on who's showing me his "briefs".
Honey, I can read you like an open, er, book.
)*j'(
i think i saw this exact one on campus when i used to go to uci. i miss the nor cal vs. so cal arguments i used to have in the dorms
I lived in S.F. a long time ago and I never heard 'HELLA",however, whenever people would proclaim or admit that they were from L.A. or So. Cal. we would usually say oh... or yeck or god how can you stand it or something and walk away. That's Nor Cal Pride--dg
When my kids were younger, they'd use "hecka", which I figured was a variant of "hella". I didn't know until reading through these comments that the word originated here.
I'm a southern cali girl and i have friends that live up north and all they say is "hella!"
haha i love this.. its so true!
Hella... is this stating the term or the band? ...both from Nor Cal.
uhh the south bay is way cooler
HOW MANY NOR CAL KIDS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB?
HELLA!
HELLA IS A NOISE/EXPERIMENTAL ROCK BAND FROM SACRAMENTO. i don't know why i yelled that, i'm sorry.
I had a friend from Maine who used to harass us Montanans for wasting half our lives pronouncing Rrrrrrrs. "you guys say, 'hey, did you parrrrrrrrk your carrrrrr in the yarrrrrrrd?' when it should just be 'did you pock your ca' in the yod?'"
Rocky Mountain School of Photography.. what a hella fun summer THAT was!!!
OMG IS HELLA A BAND TOO???????
BTW, 'hella' goes back AT LEAST 20 years in NorCal. That irrelevant SoCal tart Gwendolyn Stefani stole it to specifically ruin NoCal's only native slang word. First the water, now the slang words, SoCal's Appetite for Destruction is hella insatiable.