"valley girl" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-valley girl.ogg [Australia] Forms: valley girls [plural]
Etymology: From Valley, short for San Fernando Valley. Popularized by the Frank/Moon Zappa song Valley Girl (1982). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Valley}} Valley Head templates: {{en-noun}} valley girl (plural valley girls)
  1. (US, slang) A girl or young woman from 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-b2J0CfMX Disambiguation of Stock characters: 88 12 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 85 15 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

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