Helluva
Hella is a word associated with California, particularly the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a contraction of the phrase "hell of a" or "hell of a lot ," in turn reduced to "hell of." Hella is also a common name in the Eastern Hemisphere. 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."
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Famous quotes containing the word helluva:
“Peoples need a victory so bad. We’ve been working here since ‘62 and we haven’t got nothing, except a helluva lot of heartaches.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
“There’s a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
“New York, New York—it’s a helluva town!”
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