“Hella” & More Californian Slangs You Need To Start Using
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People go to
California
for the same reasons as they go to an amusement park — to
have a very fun time under the sun, to make memorable
memories, and to feel the adrenaline rush of the fairground
rides. I mean you can easily say that you’d enjoy all of
those things and more in any corner of the world, not only
in California. And that totally makes perfect sense. But
then you cannot argue the fact that nothing comes close to
the golden coast experience as there’s just something in
this
wild, wild West Coast air and water that can make your
adventure resemble the colorful pages of a pop-up book. In
this case, I am talking about a colorful California dream
pop-up book, one that you cannot find and buy at any
bookstore.
Speaking of pop-up books, do you know what else jumps out as
you flip through the pages of your one-of-a-kind California
dream pop-up book? It’s rows and rows of California
slang
words. Words you’ve heard of and words you’ve not heard of.
I mean it’s safe to say that words like
Hollywood, Kardashians or
KarJenners, and the Bay area are topping the “words you’ve heard of”
list. But what about the “words you’ve not heard of” list…
maybe this mini-glossary of California slang can help you
with that?
- NorCal: Northern California
- SoCal: Southern California
- WeHo: West Hollywood
- NoHo: North Hollywood
- yeah no: no
- no yeah: yes
- sick: to describe something very good
- post up: to chill or hang out
- heavy: to describe something emotionally serious
- bomb: to describe something very cool
- hella: another word for "very"
- dip: to leave
- amped: to feel excited
- dank: very good
- stoked: another word for "excited"
- down: to be okay with something
- legit: to describe something that is not fake
- bail: another word for "leaving"
- PB: Pacific Beach
- OB: Ocean Beach
- clutch: to come in handy
- the industry: the film or entertainment industry
- butthurt: to be very upset for no reason at all
- the City: San Francisco
- slaps: to describe something very good
- tech bro: a term to describe a guy who works in tech
- rad: cool
- gnarly: cool
- three commas club: someone with $1 billion in assets