What's the Word?

Where: Indeterminate email correspondence.
When: 8/23/05
The Perps: Undisclosed.
The Slang: "That sounds hecka fun."
Analysis: Anyone who has spent anytime in California or around people from said California should be well-versed in the adverb "hella." While some colleagues at Slanguage may not take offense at the term, other folks here, your humble contributer included, have always found themsleves mildly repelled and oddly sweaty whenever the two-syllable word spewed from a bleach-blond head lazily modifying a verb or adjective. Something about the simple transition from "hella" to "hecka" intrigued and delighted us. Do we enjoy that it somehow undermines the original expression? Perhaps. Regardless. Spread the word far and wide. Hecka is hecka better than hella.