hecka

Slang for very

Hecka is a Northern California variant of hella, used as an intensifier meaning very or a lot: That's hecka cool, There were hecka people there.

The softer sound makes it slightly less emphatic than hella, and some speakers use it as a mild alternative.

Strongly associated with the San Francisco Bay Area.

intensifier

hella

Slang for very

veryTo high degree
extremelyTo an intense degree
reallyIn actual fact

super · way · mad · crazy · totally · seriously · incredibly · awfully · terribly · majorly

quantity

tons

Large quantities, informally

loadsLarge quantities
bunchGrouped collection of items
oodlesInformal term for plenty

gobs · scads · boatload · heap · grip · gang · stack · mad · crazy · stupid

California

NorCal

Northern California, abbreviated

OaklandEast Bay California city
BerkeleyBay Area university city
slapsOpen-handed blows

cutty · grip · finna · lowkey · highkey · turnt · ghost-ride · scraper · sideshows · Cali

Opposites

intensity/degree

Only just, almost not

hardly · slightly · scarcely · somewhat · a little

register/edginess

heckahella

Slang for very

fucking · damn · freaking · bloody · as hell

valence/sentiment

heckanot at all

Complete negation phrase

Phrases

what the heckMild exclamation of surprise
heck noEmphatic but clean rejection
for the heck of itWithout particular reason
the heckEuphemistic intensifier phrase
heck of aIntensifier before nouns
heck yeahEmphatic casual assent

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