From K-QED.

There are just some days when a burrito isn't really good or super good or even fucking good.

There are some days when a burrito can only be described.

There are some days when a burrito can only be described as hell a good.

I'm Olivia Allen Price and this is Bay Curious.

If you've lived in Northern California for any amount of time, you have come to know the word

Hella. I am Hella hungry right now. I'm Hella Full right now. That concert last night was Hella

Cool. Hella Jealous? Hella Cool.

Oh yeah, Hella.

Today's question comes from listener Ventura Albor.

How is it that Hella became synonymous with the bay?

I think it's going to take a true local to unwind this one.

Ladies and gentlemen, a Diza Egan.

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As a child of the Bay Area, I grew up saying Hella, and I feel it in my bones that it's a Bay Area

word. People here will tell you they think it is too.

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