Valley Girls
When it happened we can't say . . . fer sure - All of a sudden
everything the 'Vals' did or said was blown out of all proportion by
one New Wave hit, Valley Girl by
Frank Zappa's teenage
daughter, Moon Unit in 1982. The song satirized the attitudes of the
rich teenage girls who haunted the shopping malls of the San Fernando
Valley in Los Angeles, and introduced new and useful phrases into the
English language . . .
Suddenly everyone was hooked on the catch phrases; Barf me out,
Grody, Gag me with a spoon, Bitchin', Tubular, Gnarly, Awesome, To the
max, and, like, I'm sooooooo sure . . . totally! What - ever!
The focus of all Val activity was definitely The Galleria, a
mall in Sherman Oaks, California. This is where they went to buy their
white pumps, their bitchin' miniskirts, and their little ankle socks.
All on Daddy's credit card of course. Like, totally.
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