"helluva" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an informal way of saying "very" or "extremely," and is usually used with a negative connotation. Example sentence: She's been having a helluva bad day.
In the public sphere, taxpayers have noticed that (a) it's mostly well-off kids who go to college these days, not children of the poor bettering themselves, and (b) this education is worth a helluva lot of money.
The shame.In this section So many planes, so few passengers Bad answers to a nasty problem In vogue Competing visions Poland last Bitter-sweet Mug shot Delete the workers While stocks last A helluva problem Reprints Related items Latin America's economy: Drowning in cheap coffeeSep 27th 2001Big coffee makers now stand accused of placing profits before people.
A genuine primitive The left hand of God How it's done ReprintsIn 1941, he enlisted in the infantry: "A helluva opportunity", he says, "to cover the biggest crime story of the century".
But to say that it has is to make a helluva bet one that most people would be wise to make only with someone else's money.
But it'll have been one helluva try.
How should responsible companies say goodbye?In this section Hoping to get away with it The apologetic kidnapper Time for a change Easing the pain of parting Grow up Putin's folly Why the countryside is angry Reprints Related items Face value: A helluva problemSep 19th 2002For a start, they should think about that question first when they hire a new boss.
Another lesson in leadership from the great ex-leader?Mr Welch has a lot to say about his perks (a "helluva problem") whose size has emerged only thanks to papers filed by his wife during divorce proceedings.
Faced with what he described as "a helluva problem"—of deciding whether to alter the contractual agreement to shower him with such bounty Mrs Welch's husband Jack has done the decent thing.
New York has inspired no shortage of fiction, but few novelists working today capture this helluva town with Mr Lethem's insight and affection.
"I'm in this to have a helluva good time... I'm not in this to make money".
Might be as well to say that before it's served, as it looks a helluva lot like mouse droppings.
