hella

Used most commonly in Northern California and southern Oregon. But can be heard almost anyhwere on the west coast.

used instead of - alot, very, way, really



hella = hell of a ?

We had a hell of a good time.
We had a hella good time.

I'm hella tired.

I got hella food at my house.

It's hella hot outside.

by Mike May 13, 2005

Hella

A word which means "really". Mostly used in Northern California. Don't judge us.

That was hella awesome!

by Hella Girl February 19, 2009

hella

Norcal-a lot of, totally, many
Socal-used in a very different way usually making fun of norcalians: cool

Norcal- I was grinding hella rails at the skatepark.
Socal- norcalian says: hella sweet
socalian: hella?...really?...hella?

by matt June 30, 2003

Hella

hella means fo'Sho, yea , very , yup and words like that

Stockton is hella better than Oakland off-top YA FEEL ME MY NIG???

by Lashea May 13, 2005

Hella

Generally means 'very' or 'really'.
It's the NorCal counterpart to the SoCal "Dude" in terms of frequency of use. In SoCal, hella is used more satirically, because it is so ridiculous. Then again, so is dude. Hecka is to Hella as heck is to hell, obviously. But Hecka is even more ridiculous.

"That's hella cool!"
"You mean, hella-copter! Bahahaha."

by Kay-lo August 29, 2006

hella

An overused Cali/"Bay Area" word used by those with limited vocabulary who think the word is exclusive, yet anyone can add an "a" to any word to make it sound cool.

For example, "That's Shita good!" as opposed to "That's Hella good!"

by The one and only/VA baby! July 10, 2006

hella

The term hella, as aforementioned herein, indeed originated in NorCal (some would speculate San Francisco, to be exact), yet 'hella' essentially derived from the phrase "hell of a" as in: "I've got a hell of a headache." Or: "That's a hell of a hike from here to there." Thus, throughout time, the phrase "hell of a" inevitably condensed to "hella" as we so frequently hear it used today.

"Yo! The new Tech N9ne album is HELLA tight!"

Cite source: I was present & used the term "hell of a" as the phrase developed during its evolution into "hella." I really have never used "hella" as it's more of a younger generation term. One of my friends from years gone by, however, did used the term during its evolution period which came out as "helluv" (hell of w/o the "a") before "hella" fully caught on. He'd say stuff like, "That's helluv cool!" Quite unique, the evolution of the American English language, wouldn'tcha say?! ;) ~slangity-slang-she-bop!

Cheers! :)

by DRSTRANGEL0VE September 3, 2010