hecka
adv.— «“We had a hecka season,” Seaman said. “No Mission Bay team has ever been to the CIF finals. Our kids don’t have anything to be ashamed of.”» —“2-A Boys Defense Does It for Oceanside” by Tony Cooper Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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