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Before a 1982 hit song made them nationally famous, the slang terms 'like' and 'totally' originated among teenagers in which Southern California region?
Answer
The San Fernando Valley
The exaggerated speech patterns of teenage girls in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley gave rise to 'Valleyspeak,' which Frank Zappa's 1982 song 'Valley Girl' satirized and spread across the country.
💡 Did you know?
Valley Girl slang 'like' and 'totally' originated in 1980s Southern California but became mainstream only after Frank Zappa's 1982 song mocking the dialect.
Other options people guess
- Silicon Valley
- Orange County
- The Sunset Strip
Topics
- slang
- california
- 1980s
- geography
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