Foo - When and why did 'hella' become a word?

Is it short for 'hell-of-a'? Helluva?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiCMFd2XXT0

Blame Canada!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiCMFd2XXT0

That's one of songs I play just before I go out on a ride!

dunno.

That word is hellastupid.

The hella bugs snuck into the interwebz on the bakz of teh lolcats.

I have a co-worker who seems to speak in only Internet-inspired phrases, mannerisms, cliches, and buzzwords.

If I hear or read "epic," "fail", or "this." ever again, I am going postal.

^this.

okay, realize that my retort was epic in the amount of fail it contains.

my bad.

jsharr out, just saying.

later.

I have a co-worker who seems to speak in only Internet-inspired phrases, mannerisms, cliches, and buzzwords.

If I hear or read "epic," "fail", or "this." ever again, I am going postal.

"this." ??? In what context? Use it in a sentence.

Is it short for 'hell-of-a'? Helluva?

Wow, there's a wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hella_(word)) for just about anything.

"this." ??? In what context? Use it in a sentence.

k. how bout: "This is how Leroy Jenkins rolls"

j

I get, "OMG, dad." or "She's my BFF."

"this." ??? In what context? Use it in a sentence.

This.

That is all.

I first heard hella while hangin' with the next door neighbors in my college dorm in 1989. They were from NorCal, so that jibes with the Wiki.

Hella can be used as a replacement for "hell of a", but usually isn't. It's typically used as an adverb, to mean "very."

They also turned me on to Oaktown's 357 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UGcwrscu50), while EVERYONE else was spinnin' Ice Ice Baby.

It's a hella Norcal thing, ok?

On a related note, who decided it was cool to call people ****** or ******bag again.

I could barely tolerate it in the late 70s, now I'm all crotchety and hating it more than ever.

EDIT: Wow, BF censors hate it as much as I do.

It bugs me when people don't use hella right.

Wow, there's a wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hella_(word)) for just about anything."With the release of the 2001 No Doubt song "Hella Good","

See? Everything is Gwen Stefani's fault.

"With the release of the 2001 No Doubt song "Hella Good","

See? Everything is Gwen Stefani's fault.

Pfffttt, that sh** is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

That's my word and you all should just hella back off. :notamused:

the funniest thing was when the christian kids were forbidden from saying "hella" and had to say "hecka". I totally wanted to record a parody christian punk rock album and call the group "hecka".

Hecka started to catch on for a minute in my town and I forbidden my children from saying the work hecka. I'd make them say hella.

i blame "hella" on the east coast. i had NEVER heard of the word till a friend of mine who went to brown in RI came back for christmas after her first semester there.

But where is she from originally?

"Every bizarre affliction that has ever struck mankind originated in California." - my 10th grade Biology teacher.

Oddly enough, he refused my suggestion of laying out plastic knives and forks when it came time to dissect a frog.

Screw "hella"! I'm from Boston and have been saying "wicked" since before I can remember.

"Hella" is a tacky west coast thing.

I'm from Boston.

Hey, good job! And you found the internet!

Well done.

Hey, good job! And you found the internet!

Well done.said by some tool from Carlisle PA, home of absolutely nothing important

said by some tool from Carlisle PA, home of absolutely nothing important

Hey, thats not fair! Carlisle is the home of..., hmmm. Well...., we have a McDonalds.

jim

But where is she from originally?

originally from texas. laredo, texas to be exact. which is where i'm from. where words like hella and wicked don't exist.

originally from texas. laredo, texas to be exact. which is where i'm from. where words like hella and wicked don't exist.

but words like "fittin' to" and "y'all" do?;)

At least our friend in FL said they do there. I have yet to hear a Florida twang, but then, I only visit Cocoa Beach. I love twangs:love:

How did the term get tied to Shriners and circuses and parades and such is what I want to know?! I think it just goes to prove that all fezzes are evil, esp. if worn by overweight men in red vests driving go carts.

When and why did 'hella' become a word?
I thought Siu made it up. She was the first (and only for a long time) I heard using it. Until I finally fell victim of her evil plot and realized I was saying it too.

It's the same way I blame jsharr for the way I so often now use the phrase, Just sayin'.

but words like "fittin' to" and "y'all" do?;)

At least our friend in FL said they do there. I have yet to hear a Florida twang, but then, I only visit Cocoa Beach. I love twangs:love:

hahaha! no, in laredo, texas, it's all about tex-mex. and that's most of the slang you'll hear there. i've yet to hear "fittin' to" and "y'all" in a regular conversation since i've been living here in austin for the past two years though.

but words like "fittin' to" and "y'all" do?;)

My Grandma always said "fixin' to". Well, all of my Mom's side of the family from coal country West Virginia said it. "fittin' to" isn't necessarily a southern thing. I didn't hear that one 'til 1992, when I moved to the ghetto.

It's sad that someone can live in TX for two years and not hear y'all used in conversation. What's this world coming to? Of course, at least half of ATX came from somewhere else, right?

don't worry, the people that said hella are way too busy saying "FAIL" every five seconds to work it in anymore.

but irregardless.... :)

don't worry, the people that said hella are way too busy saying "FAIL" every five seconds to work it in anymore.

but irregardless.... :)I was just about to go off on you for using "irregardless", but then I noticed your signature:thumb:.

I was just about to go off on you for using "irregardless", but then I noticed your signature:thumb:.

But if enough people use "irregardless" then it becomes a word for all intensive purposes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

But if enough people use "irregardless" then it becomes a word for all intensive purposes. Putting the prefix Ir before the word regardless effectively makes it a double negative; thus the meaning of the word becomes: "without without regard."

People that use the word, end up looking like a dolt.

Dubya comes to mind.

It's sad that someone can live in TX for two years and not hear y'all used in conversation. What's this world coming to? Of course, at least half of ATX came from somewhere else, right?

i've been in texas all of my almost twenty years of life! i was just raised with a different culture, and i love it that way. moving to austin was a culture shock. i don't think i had ever seen so many white people in my life. and yes, maybe half of atx came from somewhere else, but who could blame them; it's awesome here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVIdon't click on it.

i see someone has a banning in their future. smooth move, x-lax.
for me, it started when my neighbor got some hella's for his truck when i was like 6 years old. dad was over there helping him run the wires, and the guy commented those are Hella bright! hilarity ensued.
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But if enough people use "irregardless" then it becomes a word for all intensive purposes.

It's "intents and purposes"...

Putting the prefix Ir before the word regardless effectively makes it a double negative; thus the meaning of the word becomes: "without without regard."

People that use the word, end up looking like a dolt.

Dubya comes to mind.

Perhaps. But language is fluid, especially English. Most people could care less if a word is consistent with itself. Since many people will repeat words they hear without really understanding the meaning, over time the "wrong" words will be acceptable.

But if enough people use "irregardless" then it becomes a word for all intensive purposes.


that was a sly one ;)

Perhaps. But language is fluid, especially English. Most people could care less if a word is consistent with itself. Since many people will repeat words they hear without really understanding the meaning, over time the "wrong" words will be acceptable.

Wow, hella epic fail dude! If you could care less then you should probably do that. After you do that a few times you will get to a point where you COULDN'T care less.