What it means
A punchy intensifier meaning very, really, or a lot. You can drop it before adjectives or adverbs, like hella tired or hella fast, and sometimes even before nouns, like hella people. It’s strongly tied to Northern California, so using it can quietly clock you as NorCal, even if everyone online says it now.
Usage examples
"We hit In-N-Out after the show and the line was hella long, but the vibes were hella chill so nobody tripped."
"That hike was hella long, my legs were jelly before we even hit the halfway sign."
"There were hella people at the taco spot, we waited forty minutes just to order."
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