hella
Bay Area "very"
Hella is California slang, originally from the Bay Area, meaning very or extremely: That movie was hella good, We waited hella long.
It also functions as a quantifier meaning a lot of: There were hella people at the party.
The word has spread beyond its regional origins through internet culture and media, though it still carries a distinctly West Coast flavor.
To high degree
East Bay California city
- NorCalNorthern California, abbreviated
- BerkeleyBay Area university city
- VallejoNorthern California port city
- RichmondVirginia's seat of government
Fremont · Hayward · ghost-riding · sideshows · BART · scraper
Everyday regional speech
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- lingoGroup-specific vocabulary
- urbanPertaining to cities
- catchphraseSignature line of words
neologism · youth · trendy · 90s · 2000s · millennial · viral · informal
very
To high degree
extremely · mad · crazy · stupid · wicked · bare · well · proper · mega · ultra
Oakland
East Bay California city
- NorCalNorthern California, abbreviated
- BerkeleyBay Area university city
- VallejoNorthern California port city
Richmond · Fremont · Hayward · ghost-riding · sideshows · BART · scraper
vernacular
Everyday regional speech
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- lingoGroup-specific vocabulary
- urbanPertaining to cities
catchphrase · neologism · youth · trendy · 90s · 2000s · millennial · viral · informal · casual
- 90s Slangall that, as if, da bomb, the bomb, dope
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- Regional Slangy'all, bless your heart, cattywampus, ope, you betcha
- slang adjectivescool, awesome, dope, lit, sick
- regionalismsyouse, fixin' to, fixing to, ain't, aint
- California Slangdude, gnarly, rad, stoked, sick
- what the hellExclamation of disbelief
- go to hellHostile dismissal curse
- goes to hellRapidly worsens beyond repair
- like hellEmphatic denial or intensity
- hell yeahEmphatic informal yes
- gone to hellSeverely degraded beyond repair