Valley girl

noun

often capitalized G

: an adolescent girl from the San Fernando Valley

also : one whose values, mannerisms, and especially speech patterns resemble those of such a girl

Examples of Valley girl in a Sentence

He said I talk like a Valley girl. And I said, “Like, whatever!”.

Recent Examples on the Web

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But if kids like me inadvertently took on the Valley girl accent as a defense tactic, many have consciously chosen to shed it in adulthood. —

Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023 Yet the Valley girl has always been an overly easy target—and one film, released shortly after the Zappa single, understood that. —

Soraya Roberts, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023 Naturally, Deutch would welcome another turn as the world’s last-remaining Valley girl. —

Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022 The show featured Goldberg taking on different characters, including a Valley girl, an old man and a young child. —

Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022 Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust. —

Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 27 June 2022 Fennell and Corrin continued to riff on that theme, discussing brunch with juices and Botox providers all in dripping Valley girl voices. —

Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 22 Oct. 2020