valspeak

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noun

The sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounvalspeak (uncountable)

alternative valleyspeak · alternative val-speak

  1. uncountableThe sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.

    It is the opinion of Andrea Levitan, 15, who does “a lot of window shopping though not always with the intention of buying,” that Val-Speak “is a conscious exaggerated imitation of the American Princess.”

    1982 September 15, Ron Alexander, “They're Clothes Crazy, Fer Sure; Valley Girls aren't just in California”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: Valley Girl

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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