Hecka, Hella

[NRH_Horn]

What is up with these words? I am hearing the teens and twenties using Hella as an adverb as in "hella cool." And the younger kids using hecka as the cleaner version. Where did these words come from?

 

[Bottlecap]

from Jesus

 

[Officer_Cartman]

cuz it's hella cool. hella hella hellllllla

 

[SomeMildLanguage]

I was going to say 1997-1998, actually.

 

[rtchorn]

Personally, I like hella. I don't use it as often as I used to, but I'll throw it out there every now and then for old times sake.

 

[next2naus]

 

[CBDTexas]

The word was first introduced to me in the 2001 critically acclaimed single "Hella Good" by No Doubt.

 

[mantaray]

"hella" is west coast in origin and "wicked" is the east coast equivalent, no?

'98-'99 sounds right

 

[sportswriter]

it's a lot older than that. I think it started out on the West Coast. Souls of Mischief (Bay Area rap group) say it quite a bit on their first album, which was released in 1993 ('93 til Infinity). That was my sophomore year in college, and we used to say it a lot and get weird looks. Now, I want to choke someone when I hear them say it.

 

[NRH_Horn]

I moved to California about 18 months ago. I just started hearing it recently.

 

[RyanUTAustin]

Was born in California and everyone says it.

I was bated in at one time but stopped when I moved back to Texas.

 

[DAGMAR]

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