Hella

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!

by ReppingNorCal July 12, 2019

hella

meaning very, extremely, a lot, much of

you got me feeling hella good...

by starqueen March 28, 2003

hella

...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.

by Mistah Bob Dabolina May 13, 2010

hella

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.

by sowingseason December 11, 2008

hella

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.
CCC

by RHPF October 10, 2003

Hella

Short form of "hell of a lot of".

"That was hella fun!"

by Dethread December 2, 2003

Hella

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.

by piiglett. April 16, 2009