valspeak
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valspeak (uncountable)
- The sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.
- Synonym: Valley Girl
- 1982 September 15, Ron Alexander, “They're Clothes Crazy, Fer Sure; Valley Girls aren't just in California”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- 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.”
