Silicone Valley
English
Etymology
Blend of silicone + Silicon Valley
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Proper noun
- (slang) The porn industry of San Fernando Valley.
- Synonyms: San Pornando Valley, Porn Valley
- 2003, Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader, SAGE (→ISBN), page 49:
- And so I went to the San Fernando Valley, aka Silicone Valley, on the other side of the Hollywood Hills, to talk with the suits of the adult business.
- Misspelling of Silicon Valley.
- 2006, Tony O'Neill, Digging the Vein, Contemporary Press (→ISBN)
- Joan had returned from San Francisco, that fucking town of overrated nightlife, hippies, and silicone valley yuppies breeding like cockroaches, and I dialed her number as soon as I heard she had gotten back.
- 2006, Tony O'Neill, Digging the Vein, Contemporary Press (→ISBN)