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I was a Valley girl; I hung out, and through a photographer friend. I met Peter Douglas, who was one of Kirk Douglas's kids. He introduced me to Sam Spiegel.
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Meaning of "Valley girl" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VALLEY GIRL

After the San Fernando Valley in southern California.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VALLEY GIRL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VALLEY GIRL

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Valley girl is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VALLEY GIRL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Valley girl

Valley girl is a stereotype depicting a socio-economic class of women characterized by the colloquial California English dialect Valleyspeak and vapid materialism. The term originally referred to an ever increasing swell of semi-affluent and affluent middle-class and upper-middle class girls living in the early 1980s Los Angeles bedroom communities of the San Fernando Valley. In time the traits and behaviors spread across the United States and Canada, metamorphosing into a caricature of unapologetically spoiled "ditzes" and "airheads" more interested in shopping, personal appearance and social status than intellectual development or personal accomplishment.

Definition of Valley girl in the English dictionary

The definition of Valley girl in the dictionary is an affluent young Californian woman, typically considered as being excessively concerned with physical appearance and social status.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VALLEY GIRL

Valla
Valladolid
vallar
vallary
vallate
vallation
Valle d´Aosta
vallecula
valleculae
vallecular
valleculate
Vallejo
Valletta
valley
Valley Forge
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
valleyed
vallhund
Vallombrosa

WORDS THAT END LIKE VALLEY GIRL

baby girl
ball girl
best girl
birthday girl
call girl
chorus girl
cover girl
day girl
flower girl
funny girl
Gibson girl
girl
glamour girl
golden girl
It girl
old girl
servant girl
show girl
weather girl
wonder girl
working girl

Synonyms and antonyms of Valley girl in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Valley girl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VALLEY GIRL

Find out the translation of Valley girl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Valley girl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Valley girl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谷女孩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Valle niña
570 millions of speakers

English

Valley girl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घाटी लड़की
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فتاة الوادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Долина девушка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Vale menina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্যালি মেয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vallée fille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gadis lembah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

valley Girl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バレーの女の子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밸리 소녀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lembah wadon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thung lũng cô gái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பள்ளத்தாக்கு பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हॅली मुलगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vadi kızı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Valle ragazza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dolina dziewczyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Долина дівчина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Valea fată
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Valley κορίτσι
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Valley meisie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Valley flicka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dal jente
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Valley girl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VALLEY GIRL»

The term «Valley girl» is regularly used and occupies the 100.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Valley girl

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Theresa Russell
I was a Valley girl; I hung out, and through a photographer friend. I met Peter Douglas, who was one of Kirk Douglas's kids. He introduced me to Sam Spiegel.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VALLEY GIRL»

Discover the use of Valley girl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Valley girl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Valley Girl: Childhood in The 80's
Among these lively essays are the questions of 1980's pop culture: Why did Simon LeBon's sexy stare work straight through the TV? Why did Cabbage Patch Kids start to run out of good names like Jennifer and start coming out with names like ...
Amy Asbury, 2012
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The Valley Girl Turns 40
VALLEY. GIRL. FAVORITE. MOVIE. QUOTES. The Breakfast Club (1985) Brian Johnson: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to ...
Laura Ross, 2008
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Girl Culture [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia
An Encyclopedia CLAUDIA MITCHELL, JACQUELINE REID-WALSH. Shown ( starting second from left): Elizabeth Daily (as Loryn) and Deborah Foreman (as Julie Richman) in Martha Coolidge's 1983 film Valley Girl. (Courtesy of Photofest. ) ...
CLAUDIA MITCHELL, JACQUELINE REID-WALSH, 2007
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Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break
Coolidge's Valley Girl, an independently produced film that established her as a mainstream director, helped to inaugurate the Los Angeles "valley girl" culture into a national phenomenon. The film occurred at a cultural moment when ...
Christina Lane, 2000
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Language, Space and Power: A Critical Look at Bilingual ...
Thus, even though the Valley Girl cheer did not cut across gender and race boundaries, the populist assumption was that the Valley Girl cheer would allow everyone to universally participate in it since it was not based entirely in Spanish and ...
Samina Hadi-Tabassum, 2006
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How to Talk American: A Guide to Our Native Tongues
A Guide to Our Native Tongues Jim Crotty. Valley Girl VALLEY GIRL SPEAK (OR "VAL-SPEAK") is NOW, LIKE. the recognized speech of many teenage girls from. like. really really grody middle-class to wealthy families all over America.
Jim Crotty, 1997
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From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late ...
VALLEY GIRLS “Okay, fine, fer shur, fer shur, I'm a Valley Girl, and there ain't no cure. . . .” Valley Girls were emptyheaded, self-absorbed, shopping-obsessed, spoiled young women who lived in California's San Fernando Valley, the sprawling ...
David Mansour, 2005
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Nicolas Cage
Valley Girl is available on DVD. The Special Edition DVD contains many extras, notably interviews with many of the cast and crew, including Cage, Bowen, Holicker, Case, and Daily. In the DVD documentary, Daily admits that she had no idea ...
compiled from Wikipedia pages and published by DrGoogelberg
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Girl Culture: Studying girl culture : a readers' guide
The 1995 movie Clueless is another film with strong Valley Girl representation, in which the main character is a typical rich Valley Girl named Cher (played by Alicia Silverstone) who uses the full spectrum of Val-speak. Valley Girl references  ...
Claudia Mitchell, Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, 2008
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
557 Valley Girl And by Ty Burr in Entertainment Weekly, August 22, 1997: We have our Valhalla in the late 20th century. . . . It's called the Web, and if it's more of an untidy democratic shopping mall than the Viking version, it's no less unreal.
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VALLEY GIRL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Valley girl is used in the context of the following news items.
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Candlelight vigil to be held Sunday for slain West Valley girl
A community honored a 12-year-old girl Sunday night who police say was enticed out ... WEST VALLEY CITY — Kailey Vijil and her family are from the Goshute ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
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Taylor Swift donates $50K to 11-year-old Valley girl with leukemia
... couldn't get any nicer! The pop star on Tuesday donated $50,000 to Naomi Oakes' Go Fund Me account as the San Tan Valley 11-year-old battles leukemia. «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»
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Some Roanoke Valley Girl Scouts got to camp out at the White House
Some Roanoke Valley Girl Scouts got to camp out at the White House. POSTED: 08:00 PM EDT Jun 30, 2015 UPDATED: 08:14 PM EDT Jul 01, 2015. «WDBJ7, Jul 15»
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Missing Grass Valley girl sought
The girl's parents had gotten into a child custody dispute over their two children, said Grass Valley Police Lt. Alex Gammelgard. One child remained with the ... «The Union of Grass Valley, Jun 15»
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14-year-old Putnam Valley girl grabbed by man while walking dog
The girl suffered minor scratches in the incident but was not seriously hurt. She was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor, ... «WABC-TV, Jun 15»
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Music Video Review: Valley girl meets alien in ridiculous 'Pretty Girls'
The video begins when Spears' Californian valley-girl-esque world is invaded by alien Azalea, who emerges from Spears' backyard swimming pool — giving ... «The Michigan Daily, May 15»
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Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea Go Valley Girl In "Pretty Girls" Music …
A makeover and some linguistic lessons later, Iggy's a full blown Valley Girl -- as both singers don wild '80s getups as they cruise along Ventura Boulevard. «TooFab.com, May 15»
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Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea Transform Into '80s Valley Girls for …
Both of the ladies are rocking the hell out of some Valley Girl ensembles, showing some skin in crop tops and short shorts. 0409_britney_launch. In another snap ... «TooFab.com, Apr 15»
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Google's new CFO is a Portola Valley girl
To the business press, the symbolism of Ruth Porat's move from her position as chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley to her newly announced perch as ... «Jweekly.com, Mar 15»
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Cumberland Valley girls' basketball takes second state title in a row …
Cumberland Valley plays Central Bucks West in the PIAA class AAAA girls' championships at Giant Center, March 20, 2015. Cumberland Valley defeats Central ... «PennLive.com, Mar 15»

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