one hell of a man

Unique cool, unique awesome person.

Close to a hell of a man.

He's one hell of a man!

by indie English July 2, 2011

For The Hell Of It

As an entire expression, this functions as an adverb. Sometimes "just" is added to the beginning to complete the expression.

1) For no reason, serving no higher meaning.

2) For pain.

3) "pushing the limits"; Testing God; solely for the purpose of sinning.

1) Even when I'm not tired, sometimes I sleep just for the hell of it.

2) I see her hurting herself often, and I wonder if she's doing it for the hell of it.

3) He sleeps with a different man's wife every night just for the hell of it.

by LuSt iN a CaN June 7, 2005

literal fucking hell of a place

an absolute terrible place that gives people depression for example PP’s spanish class. truly a bad place i must say

this class literal fucking hell of a place

by student of PP December 29, 2018

Hell of

1. Originated in Oakland in the mid-70s.
2. Original pronunciation of "hella".
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 hella shit in here."
5. Kids began to say "heck of" to keep from getting in trouble w/ parents.
6. Phrase was never "hell of a."

"It's hell of bad"
"That's hell of jive"

by DontCallItYayArea August 7, 2006

the hell of it

To do something just because you can

Let's go to the beach, just for the hell of it

by Whatsthatmean? February 22, 2017

literal fucking hell of a place

an absolute terrible place that gives people depression for example PP’s spanish class. truly a bad place i must say

this class literal fucking hell of a place

by student of PP December 29, 2018

hell of

The phrase that the word hella is the contraction of. Hell of means the same thing as hella, but it conveys more emphasis. It is always the most stressed word in the sentence.

It's hell of fucked up that his mom died.

by blair April 12, 2004