VALLEY GIRL Definition & Meaning

Valley Girl

or Val·ley girl

[ val-ee gurl ]

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noun

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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Valley Girl¹

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

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The author has been a Valley girl her entire adult life.

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That recording became 1982’s “Valley Girl” — a left-field hit.

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The triumph of “Valley Girl,” Frank Zappa’s only Top 40 hit, was Frank’s alone.

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This took her years to unpack, especially when she discovered that her “Valley Girl” royalties had been withheld by her parents.

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In her memoir, Zappa writes about trying to leverage “Valley Girl’s” success with a fitful acting career that, in retrospect, kept her away from higher education or pursuing a mainstream “civilian” career.

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Valley Forge Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

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