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A valley girl is a socioeconomic, linguistic, and youth subcultural stereotype and stock character originating during the 1980s: any materialistic upper-middle-class young woman, associated with unique vocal and California dialect features, from the Los Angeles commuter communities of the San Fernando Valley. [1]
Though intended as a parody, the single popularized the valley girl stereotype nationwide. [6] [7] [8] Following the single's release, there was a significant increase in "Valspeak" slang usage, whether ironically spoken or not. In particular, the film Valley Girl capitalized on this cultural curiosity.
hob or hobneelch- a Saturday night dance. (From the hobnailed boots that were popular in the valley.) hog rings – a large vagina. [8] hood – a peculiar person; person different from the ordinary: a new family moved into the valley and the children wore hoods all day long. hoot – to laugh. hooter – a loud laugher. horn – a drink of liquor.
My true voice is a Valley girl voice, but I hide it because people respect me less when I use Valleyspeak. Why does the accent that brings me comfort have to be so stigmatized?
Before the 1980s, "airhead" was general American slang for a ditzy, clumsy or stupid person. [10] With the rise of the valley girl [11] and preppy subculture however, the term was applied to cheerleaders [12] and nouveau riche or middle class hangers-on who imitated the uptalk speech [13] and clothing of the upper class popular girls.
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The term "babygirl" originated from Gen Z fan language. On Urban Dictionary , one user explained the term as "a male character who does questionable things but is so sad and pathetic you can’t ...
The 1929 silent film Desert Nights uses it to describe a wealthy female crook, and in The Broadway Melody, an angry Bessie Love calls a chorus girl a bimbo. The first use of its female meaning cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is dated 1929, from the scholarly journal American Speech, where the definition was given simply as "a woman".