"valley girl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-valley girl.ogg Forms: valley girls [plural]
Etymology: From Valley, short for San Fernando Valley. Popularized by the Frank/Moon Zappa song Valley Girl (1982). Head templates: {{en-noun}} valley girl (plural valley girls)
  1. (US, slang) A girl or young woman from the San Fernando Valley, especially when stereotyped as superficial and material. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Stock characters Synonyms: Valley girl, Valley Girl, valley-girl, Val Derived forms: Valley Girl Related terms: valspeak Coordinate_terms: valley boy Translations (superficial woman): 山谷女孩 (shān gǔ nǚ hái) (Chinese Mandarin), pariolina [Italy, feminine] (Italian), vanesia [Italy, feminine] (Italian), patricinha [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), betinha [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-valley_girl-en-noun-aT95qLVt Disambiguation of Stock characters: 89 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'superficial woman': 99 1
  2. (by extension, often derogatory) Any girl perceived to act or speak like a stereotypical valley girl. Tags: broadly, derogatory, often
    Sense id: en-valley_girl-en-noun-btRr8dFj

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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