HELLA

Hell-of-a or very much ___

KINDA

Kinda like โฌ‡๏ธ

SORTA

Sorta like Kinda

WANNA

Want to

GONNA

Going to

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[โ€“] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

This category of words is called qualifiers, and they indicate "to what degree" for adjectives and adverbs.

Other qualifiers include words like "rather", "quite", and "very".

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    they're adverbs!

    specifically, kinda and sorta are contractions of the qualifying adverb phrases kind of and sort of whereas hella serves as an alternate form of the intensifying adverb phrase "...as hell", eg:

    kind of sketchy

    sort of sketchy

    sketchy as hell

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 weeks ago*

    Edit: misread the question.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    These are "degree adverbs" and change the intensity of the following word or words.

    • Meccha - Japanese slang like "Hella"
    • Fucking - "fucking crazy"
    • Really - "really crazy"
    • Somewhat - "somewhat crazy"
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