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Haystack
DEFINITION:
Refers to the city of Hayward, CA
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- United States >
- California >
- Southern California
- City: Hayward
Hay
DEFINITION:
Bammer (bad) weed
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area
Harbor Road
DEFINITION:
The main street through Hunters Point Projects in San Francisco
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: San Francisco
Half-zip
DEFINITION:
A half ounce of a drug
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area
Hella
DEFINITION:
Perhaps the Bay Area's most famous contribution to the English language, it is a general intensifier that can refer to the quantity or degree of something. Short for "hell of a lot of". Immortalized in the Bay Area, but has spread all over the country in usage.
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area
Hit [someone] up
DEFINITION:
To get into contact with someone. Also can be used to instigate a fight. Similar to "get at [someone]"
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States
- City: Various Cities
Hyphy
DEFINITION:
An amalgamation of "hyper" and "fly", it describes a particular Hiphop culture native to the Bay Area that is often characterized (with pride) as dangerous, irrational, without inhibition, crazy, stupid, dumb or 'crunk' (Bay Area style).
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Northern California
- City: The Bay Area
Hand Styles
DEFINITION:
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States
- City: Various Cities
Hoopdie
DEFINITION:
A term used to describe an old vehicle in poor condition
- PRIMARY ORIGIN:
- United States >
- California >
- Southern California
- City: Los Angeles