Hella is used mainly in Northern California/Central Valley. If one from NorCal or the Valley goes to vacation to the coast or SoCal and uses hella, they might be shunned or easily spotted as a tourist. Most who are not from the Valley or NorCal do not know how to use hella properly.
The most common use is when it replaces "very" or "a lot".
Normal: It was very hot and a lot of people went swimming.
Hella-fied: It was hella hot and hella people went swimming.
It can also replace "straight up" or "word".
Normal: Man, it's so hot!
-Word.
Hella-fied: Man, it's hella hot!
-Hella.
Normal: It was very hot and a lot of people went swimming.
Hella-fied: It was hella hot and hella people went swimming.
It can also replace "straight up" or "word".
Normal: Man, it's so hot!
-Word.
Hella-fied: Man, it's hella hot!
-Hella.
by motizzle August 22, 2006
Get the hella mug.The term "Hollaback Girl" has an obscure yet thoroughly documented etymology. In the mid-1920s, P. Quincy Hollaback was a well-to-do gadabout in East Rutherford, N.J. Quincy was was a standard fixture at speakeasies, burlesque shows, cock fights, bull fights, gimp races, and dwarf tosses all over the tri-state area. (He was legendary in his refusal to attend paraplegic wrestling.) And while he often drank to excess and carried on a tad bit, his five female companions were always properly composed and ever so chaste. These "Hollaback Girls," as they came to be known, could often be seen carting Quincy off in a wheelbarrow, or strapping his ankles to a passing buggy to be dragged away for a good night's rest. When he'd pee himself, they blotted his trousers with dignity and aplomb.
A "Hollaback Girl" thus came to describe a woman of high virtue. However, the meaning took an ironic turn in the early 1970's when Elton John, out one night being a "naughty Johnny," began referring to himself as a Hollaback girl. According to Sol Belzer (my leasing agent, whom I can recommend heartily), the term has since come to mean "a girl who will bend over for just about anyone or anything, particularly if it involves the pooper." Sol saved me $$$ in '05.
A "Hollaback Girl" thus came to describe a woman of high virtue. However, the meaning took an ironic turn in the early 1970's when Elton John, out one night being a "naughty Johnny," began referring to himself as a Hollaback girl. According to Sol Belzer (my leasing agent, whom I can recommend heartily), the term has since come to mean "a girl who will bend over for just about anyone or anything, particularly if it involves the pooper." Sol saved me $$$ in '05.
Q: How can I be sure that Anna Niccole Smith is the world's biggest hollaback girl?
A: Because of scientists.
A: Because of scientists.
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In my hellacopter i flew into outer space, ate some children and whaled on my guitar. I don't know any helicopters that would let you do that. Helicopters are whack.
by Gigantic Array of Yetis November 19, 2003
Get the hellacopter mug.The word "Hella" actually is known within California as being a "Northern" California term. Gwen Stefani used it in her song "Hella Good" as a tongue in cheek ode to her Northern Californian friends who would say it alot.
Used to overexaggerate adjectives in place of "really", "very". Also used to convey large numbers.
Used to overexaggerate adjectives in place of "really", "very". Also used to convey large numbers.
The food was really good. = The food was "hella" good.
There was alot of people there. = There were "hella" people there.
There was alot of people there. = There were "hella" people there.
by Chase Manhattan July 20, 2008
Get the Hella mug.When a car is fitted with insane offset and camber so the wheel is "flush" with the fender flare.
Also includes slamming the car so low that it is almost flush with the ground too.
Also includes slamming the car so low that it is almost flush with the ground too.
After eating only meat for a whole week, when Chad went to take a shit, he needed a hellaflush to was it all down the toilet.
by Shneesh May 2, 2010
Get the hellaflush mug.why is ur mother always hollaring at u so bad?
is that not the boy that was hollaring at his father yesterday?
is that not the boy that was hollaring at his father yesterday?
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Get the hollaring mug.When two people lay opposite of each other, sharing a blanket. One person farts and it travels to the opposite end towards the other person.
My girlfriend got up off the couch. She was mad I Holland Tunneled her. I farted under the blanket we were sharing and the smell came out her end.
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