Valley Girl

American  

[val-ee gurl] / ˈvæl i ˌgɜrl /

Also valley girl or Valley girl

noun

1. according to a 1980s stereotype, a middle-class teenage girl or young woman from southwestern California characterized by shallowness and materialism and by certain mannerisms of speech (often used attributively).

   She plays the typical airhead Valley girl, complete with uptalk and trendy clothes.

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Etymology

Origin of Valley Girl

First recorded in 1980–85; popularized by U.S. musician Frank Zappa (1940–1993) in his hit single Valley Girl (1982)

Example Sentences

The hybrids used were Mountain Fresh and Valley Girl, and the organic heirlooms were Amish Paste and Cherokee Purple.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

Everything about Elvira is over the top, designed as a sendup of Valley Girl stereotypes with a gothic aesthetic pitched somewhere between punk rock and “The Addams Family.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Today, newspapers and parenting magazines are full of hand wringing over “VSCO girls”, the modern day Valley Girl, most of whom are in their early teens and some even younger.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2019

“Girls’ trip!” she said, in a sardonic imitation of a Valley Girl accent, as she got in the driver’s seat.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2018

The video opens with two girlfriends talking in Valley Girl vocal fry about the city’s cute heart-foamed coffee and how the city is “so funky!”

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2018