This phrase is more of an American colloquialism than just California-specific, but can still be heard around California. There are also some words that Californians use to describe things in place of other words. Talking about bums can be heavy, or a drag.
There are many other phrases and terms used in California, but these are a few that could be confusing to those who were not born and raised in California. Featured image by Sterling Davis on Unsplash. She grew up in Chicago, but moved to Huntington Beach during high school.
Last year, she lived in Paris where she enjoyed traveling and learning new languages and cultures. She speaks French and some Italian. Californians are stoked when they're totally, completely exhilarated about something, whether it's a trip to the mountains or a huge swell coming just in time for the weekend.
Now a commonly used word in many regions, "stoked" became popular with "The Endless Summer," a classic surfing movie documentary by Bruce Brown from Perhaps one of the most distinctive and divisive words on this list, the use of the word "hella" is an immediate indication that the speaker is from northern California.
Derived from "hell of a" or "hell of a lot," the word is generally used in place of "really," "a lot," or "very. Don't get caught using this word in the southern part of the state, however. You'll only hear people from the Bay Area say this, while people from elsewhere in California will probably find the term annoying.
Vague references to "the industry" might be a little confusing to people not from southern California. When someone says their husband or wife works in "the industry," they don't mean they're an industrial worker, though they may belong to a different kind of labor union. Actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, art directors, film editors, and talent agents are just a few people who make up the huge entity that is "the industry. Show business is so prominent in Los Angeles that southern Californians should immediately get the reference.
We've all heard people refer to things as "the bomb" since the late '90s. Californians often put their own spin on this outdated expression by taking out "the. It's usually food items that are referred to as "bomb," though theoretically anything awesome could be referred to in this way. Californians are deeply proud of their In-N-Out, a fast-food burger chain that comes with its own jargon and a secret menu not advertised in stores.
A burger served "animal style" has mustard fried into the patty and comes with extra spread and grilled onions. You can also order your fries animal style. If you're especially hungry, try a 3x3 burger, which comes with three beef patties, or even a 4x4, which comes with four.
Though Merriam-Webster defines it as meaning "wet and cold in a way that is unpleasant," as in a dank basement, the word was adopted by stoner culture to describe high-quality marijuana.
On the contrary, the standard-issue California accent is about as plain, mainstream American English as you can get. But speaking like a Californian means something else, and for the people who come here from elsewhere, it can take some getting used to. Hella, h-e-l-l-a. We are a dominant culture. A lot of these worlds spill over — the surf world, the Hollywood and tech worlds.
California has been the home of all three. I grew up in the surf world here in L. My dad is still surfing at So I grew up speaking surf-speak. My husband works in television, so for 35 years I have been hearing Hollywood-speak. It means the craft services person. Generally if names are more than a few syllables, people are going to instinctively shorten them and then sometimes they stick.
This Emerald Triangle business long predates the current legal mess. When I was in college in the s, everybody knew about Humboldt. But it came out of Northern California. The Twitter following is huge! Karl the Fog gets very busy in the summertime in San Francisco, where as Mark Twain famously said, it was the coldest winter he ever spent —.
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