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

As a Valley Girl raised on award show telecasts who finds the habit hard to break, I was hoping the Globes would find their way back to legitimacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2022

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

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

Didn't go to Vassar and grew up in Southern California so am more likely to speak in Valley Girl tones.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2018