I've read several articles about a word that's apparently popular in Northern California, but not too much anywhere else - yet! It was originally used to be a contraction of "hell of a" and meaning really, totally or a lot; used primarily with an adjective. So you might say, it was a hella hot summer in 2010.
Now there's a new petition going around on Facebook to make it an International Systems prefix designating 1027. I always enjoy learning about the birth of a new word and love thinking what it means, from a psychological standpoint, to think of how quickly it will spread until it becomes a common term. They've already designated "yotta" to mean 1024.
But that said, I'm kind of doubtful that I'll ever be in need of a word to designate 10 to the 27th power....or even of 10 to the 24th power...
Now there's a new petition going around on Facebook to make it an International Systems prefix designating 1027. I always enjoy learning about the birth of a new word and love thinking what it means, from a psychological standpoint, to think of how quickly it will spread until it becomes a common term. They've already designated "yotta" to mean 1024.
But that said, I'm kind of doubtful that I'll ever be in need of a word to designate 10 to the 27th power....or even of 10 to the 24th power...
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