"Valley girl is a stereotype depicting a socio-economic and ethnic class of white women characterized by the colloquial California English dialect Valleyspeak and vapid materialism. The term originally referred to an ever increasing swell of semi-affluent and affluent middle-class and upper-middle class girls living in the early 1980s Los Angeles bedroom communities of the San Fernando Valley. In time the traits and behaviors spread across the United States and Canada, metamorphosing into a caricature of unapologetically spoiled "ditzes" and "airheads" more interested in shopping, personal appearance and social status than intellectual development or personal accomplishment."
I like that Wikipedia calls it "vapid materialism", how delightfully put!
No self respecting valley girl was eating. Not never and don't let anyone bullshit, there was no shortage of cocaine and a "nothing tastes better than thin" mentality. A lot of fry twirling on the plate in the 80's, and bubblegum. And the aforementioned constant eye-rolling. They were Valley Girls.
1985: Staci Q: Two of Hearts
Like oh...my gaawd! /hair flip!
Lots of hair.
And makeup, the brighter the better.
So lots ......of hair
and makeup.
This also may be the generation responsible for the mullet:
And the ever worse.... femullet. /shiver.
Also the first fam-ullet:
The banana clip was really popular. So were Cover Shots:
Totally True:
The Mount Saint Helen’s catastrophe caused one of the strongest eruptions in north America, that has ever been recorded. May, 1980.
Radical Recall:
1987: Bangles: Hazy Shade of Winter - chick on drums? Way hardcore to the max! Joking aside, I do very like this song. If inclined... ask me about this and the Great Duck Hunt of 2006.
Legit Lingo:
Rad
Meaning: Awesome.Usage: Check out his rad Vans.
I can't argue. Vans are still fucking rad.
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