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wap? webster's added new words this week, including one a local paper says is believed to have its origins in the bay area: hella. nm but: -- (link)

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Apr 22 '16, 17:59

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it's odd that they don't say it probably came from helluva, but maybe that's not in their dictionaries? (unabridged.merriam-webster.com)

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It's from Oakland. It's on t shirts all over Berkeley and Oakland. They had one of the American Idiot characters wear one in the play and people - jnine Apr 22, 20:27 1
- I read earlier that it's actually thought to be hayward. I've seen it around, and heard it for years, of course, just didn't - i.b.! Apr 22, 21:25
that word's hella bay, bruh -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 22, 18:00

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