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valspeak

valspeak noun: the sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.

Noun

valspeak (uncountable)

  1. The 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 of valspeak

Forms of valspeak

alternative formvalleyspeak
alternative formval-speak

Questions about valspeak

What does valspeak mean?
Valspeak means the sociolect spoken by stereotypical Southern Californian valley girls.
What part of speech is valspeak?
Valspeak is a noun.

Words near valspeak in the dictionary

  1. Valsecchi
  2. Valsecchis
  3. valsed
  4. valses
  5. valsing
  6. valspeak
  7. valspodar
  8. Valtierra
  9. Valtierras
  10. Valtimo
  11. valtrate

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