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A word that originated in the 1980's in the Central Valley of Northern California (Stockton, Tracy, Manteca, Lathrop) area. Was NOT originally a Bay Area word. In fact when I went to college at Berkeley in the 1990's, we knew who was from the Central Valley by use of the word "hella." Recently, however, the word Hella has migrated to the rest of the Bay Area.
Dude, that is hella cool, or Man, that is hella good!
Hella by ReppingNorCal July 12, 2019
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meaning very, extremely, a lot, much of
hella by starqueen March 28, 2003
...Hella.

If you don't know the meaning of it without looking it up that means you hella can't use it....I got hella love for California.
JC : Damn, that was hella wack!

Whoever: Hella? You must be from NorCal.

JC: NorCal? I don't play that shit, we're ALL in California.

Whoever: Oh, I'm from SoCal...

JC: Alright, well, SoCal or NorCal, either way you sound retarded, see I'm from CALIFORNIA. You subtle gangsters, get outta here.
hella by Mistah Bob Dabolina May 13, 2010
Slang meaning "really" "very" or "many" that Northern Californians think is really cool. When in reality the rest of Americans think its really very stupid.
Sally: Ugh, i just came back from my trip across Northern California
Sue: Was it cool?
Sally: Yeah, except those morons kept saying hella after every 3 words.
Sue: Hella? What the hell kind of word is that?
Sally: A lame one.
hella by sowingseason December 11, 2008
Word used by Nor*Cal natives, for a lot, or very.
Can be used more then once in the same sentence.
Hella So-Cal people hella trip off of the word "hella", its insane how much they care.

Socal people, hella need to relax.
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hella by RHPF October 10, 2003
Short form of "hell of a lot of".
"That was hella fun!"
Hella by Dethread December 2, 2003
Origin: Unknown

Meaning alot of or very
Yo it was hella bitties in that club last night.

That joke was from last week, yu hella late yo.
Hella by piiglett. April 16, 2009