A common example of a Northern Californian colloquialism is "hella" (from "(a) hell of a (lot of)", and the euphemistic alternative "hecka") to mean "many", "much", "so" or "very". It can be used with both count and mass nouns. For example: "I haven't seen you in "hella" long"; "There were "hella" people there"; or "This guacamole is "hella" good". The word can be casually used multiple times in multiple ways within a single sentence. Pop culture references to "hella" are common, as in the song "Hella Good" by the band No Doubt, which hails from Southern California, and "Hella" by the band Skull Stomp, who come from Northern California.