Valley girl
noun
often capitalized G
: an adolescent girl from the San Fernando Valley
also
: one whose values, mannerisms, and especially speech patterns resemble those of such a girl
Examples of Valley girl in a Sentence
He said I talk like a Valley girl. And I said, “Like, whatever!”.
Recent Examples on the Web
Her bubbly personality and Valley girl upspeak combated excuses both legitimate and not with lethal cheer.
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
But if kids like me inadvertently took on the Valley girl accent as a defense tactic, many have consciously chosen to shed it in adulthood.
—Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Yet the Valley girl has always been an overly easy target—and one film, released shortly after the Zappa single, understood that.
—Soraya Roberts, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
Naturally, Deutch would welcome another turn as the world’s last-remaining Valley girl.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022
The show featured Goldberg taking on different characters, including a Valley girl, an old man and a young child.
—Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 27 June 2022
Fennell and Corrin continued to riff on that theme, discussing brunch with juices and Botox providers all in dripping Valley girl voices.
—Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 22 Oct. 2020
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
But if kids like me inadvertently took on the Valley girl accent as a defense tactic, many have consciously chosen to shed it in adulthood.
—Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Yet the Valley girl has always been an overly easy target—and one film, released shortly after the Zappa single, understood that.
—Soraya Roberts, The Atlantic, 22 June 2023
Naturally, Deutch would welcome another turn as the world’s last-remaining Valley girl.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022
The show featured Goldberg taking on different characters, including a Valley girl, an old man and a young child.
—Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 27 June 2022
Fennell and Corrin continued to riff on that theme, discussing brunch with juices and Botox providers all in dripping Valley girl voices.
—Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 22 Oct. 2020
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“Valley girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Valley%20girl. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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