Valley girl
noun
variants
often Valley Girl
: 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!”.
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Kelly’s videos, delivered in her distinctive, pitchy voice (think Valley girl with notes of humdrum detachment a la the famously monotone comedian Ben Stein), are both personal and woven with running gags.
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Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2026
The Smithson Valley girls walked away with a silver medal in the 200 medley relay, finishing a little more than three seconds behind Champion’s meet record pace.
—David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Feb. 2026
Her bubbly personality and Valley girl upspeak combated excuses both legitimate and not with lethal cheer.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Manchester Valley girls lacrosse finished off a perfect season with a decisive victory over Glenelg in the Class 2A state championship game.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Dougherty Valley girls basketball player Keira Tom is the Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week for Feb. 10-15.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 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
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Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2026
The Smithson Valley girls walked away with a silver medal in the 200 medley relay, finishing a little more than three seconds behind Champion’s meet record pace.
—David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Feb. 2026
Her bubbly personality and Valley girl upspeak combated excuses both legitimate and not with lethal cheer.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Manchester Valley girls lacrosse finished off a perfect season with a decisive victory over Glenelg in the Class 2A state championship game.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Dougherty Valley girls basketball player Keira Tom is the Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week for Feb. 10-15.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 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
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“Valley girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Valley%20girl. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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