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Hella vs Hells - What's the difference?

hella | hells |

As a proper noun hella

is .

As a noun hells is

.

hella

English

(wikipedia hella)

Etymology 1

Related to "a hell of a". Originally slang. Also helluv .

Determiner

(en determiner)
  • (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
    • There are hella people here.
    Synonyms
    * mad

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (slang, chiefly Northern California) a lot; or, a hell of a lot.
    • We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
    • I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
    Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
    Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
  • (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
    • I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
    I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
    Synonyms
    * wicked (North East US)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
    • "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella !"

    Related terms

    * hecka (bowdlerization ) * helluv * helluva

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "hella")

    Etymology 2

    Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (nonstandard) Hell have.
    • Where the hella you been?
    English degree adverbs

    References

    * Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier". [http://ling.ucsc.edu/Jorge/waksler.html] English intensifiers ----

    hells

    English

    Noun

    (head)

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