Описание: Hella is a word associated with Northern California, particularly the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a contraction of the phrase "hell of a" or "hell of a lot [of]," in turn reduced to "hell of." It often appears in place of the words "really," "a lot," "totally," "very" and in some cases "yes". Whereas hell of a is generally used with a noun, according to linguist Pamela Munro, hella is primarily used to modify an adjective such as "good." According to lexicographer Allan A. Metcalf, the word is a marker of Northern California dialect. Hella has likely existed in California English since at least the mid-1970s. By 1993, Mary Bucholtz, a linguist at the University of California, Santa Barbara collated materials from an urban high school in the Bay Area, and found that hella was "used among Bay Area youth of all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds and both genders. (text from Wikipedia) Usage: That pizza was hella good: hella modifies the adjective good, where Standard American English would use very. I ate hella pizza: hella modifies the noun pizza, replacing a lot of. I hella bought four pizzas: hella modifies the verb to buy, replacing really or totally. I ran hella quick to the pizza joint: hella modifies the adverb quick, replacing very.
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