I was born and raised in Orange County Cali. 70's and 80's. Some of the Valley slang grew vines into my Jr High and High School and some phrases melted there way into my lingo. I live in the south now and left those phrases in the past. . . . but they still pop up in my thoughts. Now lets have a conversation about Southern Slang!! OH my gawd!
I remember in high school ( 1982-1985) during the breakdancing- valley talk era the word " Awesome" was part of the lingo and now in 2019 it's still used with youngin' that were not even born.." feel tha motion of the ocean, like surfs up dude, radical but gnarly, bag your face!
I'm 51 and I used the phrase, "this place is like really grody" the other day. It hit me like a hammer, I still talk like a valley girl.🤔 I haven't used tubular or gnarly lately though that I remember.
I took the 405 to Santa Monica, made a left on Laurel Canyon and took it all the way up to Mulholland, but it was totally JYAMMED!!! So I went back to Marina Del Raaahh
Dude, where you went wrong was you should have taken Valley Vista N. ( From Sherman Oaks ) to Sepulveda then to W. Pico Blvd to Ocean Blvd N, to Will Rodgers St. Beach and see if you can find the remains of my 9'6 southcoast Micky 'da cat ' Dora snapped when he dropped in on me baqck in 1963....Later and aloha
Using the word “Like” a lot to start a sentence, is still common in the valley and LA area, especially among women. I had a couple Armenian chicks just the other day in my vehicle, and I noticed how often they said “like” and I’m thinking this is still “valley girl” talk today. Like it never ends. 😉
I was in MA one summer and my cousin's friend says," Scott, what does Nolly mean?" I said "What are you talking about? He says " you've been saying it all week" it wasn't nolly. I was saying" gnarly" it just sounded like nolly when you say it in a Massachusetts accent.
Haha nice! It’s funny too how back then everyone used to make fun of Cali slang at first in other parts of the country. Now like EVERYONE says like DUDE and omigod. It’s standard English now lol
@@Brewzerr I'm glad I read your post. I was going to reply to BigSkippy, but you beat me to the words wicked and retahded. Ive got nothing. But I have seen the Surf Punks many times in LA in the early 80's!
@@jennifermaynard1973 Buffalo is the easternmost boundary of the midwest. East of that and we speak like surfers who have to shovel snow every day for half the year, with commensurate levels of frustration.
Cool is actually black slang from the 30s jazz Era. Pretty sure bro is black slang, too, since they used to call to each other brothers. Dude is slang from the old west. Dude literally means horse poop, as in doo doo. It was an insult to city slickers who then adopted the term and started calling each other "dude".
I went to John F. Kennedy high school From 1978 to 1980. We were only 12 miles from the beach in Is La Palma, Orange County. We would say bitchen, cool, dude, hey man/dude/rad but I don't recall tubular,bag your face or grotty to the max. I didn't hang out with the sir punks in Malibu. I guess listening to The Surf Punks on KROQ-FM. Hollywood with Moon Unit Zappa, Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High and later Valley girl Brought our culture to the screen or to your FM channel through Moon unit Zappa's Valley Girl single. Ironically, when I was going through the California Army National Guard officer candidate school, I met a Ukrainian American who was born in Ukraine and because he lived in Is Huntington beach, you really couldn't tell His Ukrainian accent because he would say Hey dude! He didn't fit your heightened beach surfer stereotype either.This guy graduated with me from OCS in 1996 and this guy was a flight instructor at Long Beach airport. He Is was rated to fly a helicopter, a single engine or multi engine airplane. He later flew reconnaissance for the US border patrol. So this dude was not dumb!
Even Jeff Spicoli was a put on .Sean Penn was Class President and Rotery Club student of the year at Malibu Park Jr High at Samo High (Santa Monica ) there was a Mrs Hand but not a Mr Hand . Other slag was sex related such as In the Groove and Rock and Roll .
Ahhh ok..so I’m guessing Val speak was born when the Valley girls took their trips to the beach , maybe dated/hooked up with surfers, and picked up the surf slang and gave it their own suburban twist which the younger sisters picked up on and fully talked valley speak without even going to the beach. Funny because surfers and beach folk always looked down on the landlocked Vals. And I’m sure surf slang and Val speak also have connections and influence from the 60s hippies.
Oversimplified..I have lots of impressions of what's going on..have you read any books lately? Probably not, and you're not alone...Thanks..and get over it..
Not so much a passing fancy since rad, awesome, etc. are still widely used. Yes, grody and tubular not so much -- then again they brought back those horrible sweats and mom jeans, so yeah...
Just because you have no idea what's going on doesn't mean nothing's happening. You're like every other older older generation ragging on young people for not being like you. Get over it. Thanks.
what a fucking lie! 0:20 regional accents are dying all over the US in favor of the general american accent and slang is always called "ghetto" or whatever
When drew says "some guy has a rad outfit that's rad..." Fuckin hilarious
And today valley girl speak is engrained in American speech. "totally" "like" and "awesome" are "totally" normal today.
I was born and raised in Orange County Cali. 70's and 80's. Some of the Valley slang grew vines into my Jr High and High School and some phrases melted there way into my lingo. I live in the south now and left those phrases in the past. . . . but they still pop up in my thoughts. Now lets have a conversation about Southern Slang!! OH my gawd!
😂😂😂😂 you aint saying nothing slick to a can of oil
San Diego, brudda 🤙 me too, lol!
The word "stoked" goes all the way back to the early 60s, the Beach Boys actually did a song with that title in 1963!
full on
Who cares dummy
@UCuzLVuUtWMeSg_f7de09P7g f,uckyou houpe , stoked is a bitchin ' song!!!
Yes the Surfin USA l.p bitchin'
I'm, like, TOTALLY "stoked" for some noods, dude! 🤔🏄🏻♂️🤙🏻
these are all pretty common in america by todays standards, weird to think back then it was something strange and worth making a segment over
I remember in high school ( 1982-1985) during the breakdancing- valley talk era the word " Awesome" was part of the lingo and now in 2019 it's still used with youngin' that were not even born.." feel tha motion of the ocean, like surfs up dude, radical but gnarly, bag your face!
I'm 51 and I used the phrase, "this place is like really grody" the other day. It hit me like a hammer, I still talk like a valley girl.🤔 I haven't used tubular or gnarly lately though that I remember.
OH...MY...GAWD!...I TOTALLY grew up with all these VALS in jr. high. They told me to bag my face I'm so shuurrrrrrr.....
Been a Surf Punk fan since their First Album and proud of it.
I was 10 in 1980 had the album
. explained my language growing up in socal
I took the 405 to Santa Monica, made a left on Laurel Canyon and took it all the way up to Mulholland, but it was totally JYAMMED!!! So I went back to Marina Del Raaahh
Dude, where you went wrong was you should have taken Valley Vista N. ( From Sherman Oaks ) to Sepulveda then to W. Pico Blvd to Ocean Blvd N, to Will Rodgers St. Beach and see if you can find the remains of my 9'6 southcoast Micky 'da cat ' Dora snapped when he dropped in on me baqck in 1963....Later and aloha
Using the word “Like” a lot to start a sentence, is still common in the valley and LA area, especially among women. I had a couple Armenian chicks just the other day in my vehicle, and I noticed how often they said “like” and I’m thinking this is still “valley girl” talk today. Like it never ends. 😉
Like for sure!
Like, omigawd, it's the Glendale Galleria! XD
haha i used to live next to Glendale Galleria lol i mean... OMIGAWD! I totally lived next to Glendale Galleria!
Still a lot of Valley girl talk out there.
Hopefully the girls will go back to talking like valley girls in no time!
TOTALLY digging the “bag yerr face” diss. I’m bringing that one back Cos a few people I know need to hear that one👩🏼
Totally!
I'm like sooo stoked about this totally accurate video of my teen years. Well, not reeaally
I was in MA one summer and my cousin's friend says," Scott, what does Nolly mean?" I said "What are you talking about? He says " you've been saying it all week" it wasn't nolly. I was saying" gnarly" it just sounded like nolly when you say it in a Massachusetts accent.
Haha nice! It’s funny too how back then everyone used to make fun of Cali slang at first in other parts of the country. Now like EVERYONE says like DUDE and omigod. It’s standard English now lol
that's wicked retah-ded. Pissah.
@@Brewzerr I'm glad I read your post. I was going to reply to BigSkippy, but you beat me to the words wicked and retahded. Ive got nothing. But I have seen the Surf Punks many times in LA in the early 80's!
Stupid comment dummy
FER SHURE !!! Valley Born and Raised and Guilty as charged to the max
And as a guy from Encino; William Safire was wrong. Valley speak is still alive and well. SFV Rules!
My mechanic said "bitchin'" to me. i almost fell on my face.
This video was so gnarly
Totally Tubular Brah 😂😂😂
Great! Thanks for sharing.
Skate board Madness !! It was our first time see-in the Surf punks.
:54 is where the genius starts. RIP Dennis Dragon!
Groovy 60s batching 70s 80s radical
I'm so glad I was born and raised in upstate NY.
Courtney Murphy where?
It's still 1979 in upstate NY
@@ReidGarwin Saratoga county 15 miles north of Albany.
I'm from Western NY...we had our own words and phrases. :)
@@jennifermaynard1973 Buffalo is the easternmost boundary of the midwest. East of that and we speak like surfers who have to shovel snow every day for half the year, with commensurate levels of frustration.
"I'm a Valley and I do what want!"
They invented phrases like "cool", "bro", "dude" 😁😁
Cool is actually black slang from the 30s jazz Era. Pretty sure bro is black slang, too, since they used to call to each other brothers. Dude is slang from the old west. Dude literally means horse poop, as in doo doo. It was an insult to city slickers who then adopted the term and started calling each other "dude".
@@shoeshane6494 bro got that knowledge
I still speak valley girl/surf punk slang, totally ;)
Amen, me too.
Sweet.
The great Moon Unit Zappa 3:35. Great clip.
To the max.
0:43 is that the Full House house?
Omagawd! Tubular video!
Bill And Ted Radical gross Aventures!!!
THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS
Im a val, tear
“Get pitted”
I went to John F. Kennedy high school From 1978 to 1980. We were only 12 miles from the beach in Is La Palma, Orange County.
We would say bitchen, cool, dude, hey man/dude/rad but I don't recall tubular,bag your face or grotty to the max. I didn't hang out with the sir punks in Malibu. I guess listening to The Surf Punks on KROQ-FM. Hollywood with Moon Unit Zappa, Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High and later Valley girl Brought our culture to the screen or to your FM channel through Moon unit Zappa's Valley Girl single.
Ironically, when I was going through the California Army National Guard officer candidate school, I met a Ukrainian American who was born in Ukraine and because he lived in Is Huntington beach, you really couldn't tell His Ukrainian accent because he would say Hey dude!
He didn't fit your heightened beach surfer stereotype either.This guy graduated with me from OCS in 1996 and this guy was a flight instructor at Long Beach airport. He Is was rated to fly a helicopter, a single engine or multi engine airplane. He later flew reconnaissance for the US border patrol. So this dude was not dumb!
Even Jeff Spicoli was a put on .Sean Penn was Class President and Rotery Club student of the year at Malibu Park Jr High at Samo High (Santa Monica ) there was a Mrs Hand but not a Mr Hand . Other slag was sex related such as In the Groove and Rock and Roll .
Then there was 'sheep dude', which was like... "duuuuu-uuuuuu-uuuu-uuude..."
Like, gag me with a spoon y'know ???
barf out!!!
Now just say YO , same thing
Dude!
My delconian country boy slang I have reodopted cause it's who I am
surfers may refer to a wave as tube-u-lar nice clip
guys; upcoming geek squad
girls; que sera’ throat speakers
4:35 Nice computer! LOL
I’m so Zuuurree
Wait! Dafak? I hear bitchin all the time! As well as rad! And awesome! Wtf! We haven't left the 80s.
Right at the end, Did he say Grody AND the Max? LOL
..."Grody to the MAXXXXX!!!
My favorite slang word is "dummy"
Here on the east coast to and no vally speak originated in the state itself ! Not gen excluded
such a time, people going to the mall, now it's a dump.
RIP Taylor Hawkins! Always thought Taylor looked exactly like Drew Steele. I get crap all the time, to this day, for saying, "Bitchin'" all the time.
@scorinado Yeah! Highly recommended!
4:04 tfw breakfast is tubular
whatever happened to streakers?
Hella cool ;'/
Yeah. Its still relevant today. But now it’s blended in with other slang as portrayed in Idiocracy.
full house intro at 40 secs
Ahhh ok..so I’m guessing Val speak was born when the Valley girls took their trips to the beach , maybe dated/hooked up with surfers, and picked up the surf slang and gave it their own suburban twist which the younger sisters picked up on and fully talked valley speak without even going to the beach. Funny because surfers and beach folk always looked down on the landlocked Vals. And I’m sure surf slang and Val speak also have connections and influence from the 60s hippies.
Val is different from surf.
Valley Girl...Frank Zappa.
Is that Danny Tanner in the background?
They are the Blink 182 before Blink 182
Yeah there is, the movement is for "Blandness," and the identity, "Faceless"..
I think this is from "The Story of English." It's a rad doco.
CHECK IT OUT DID YOU WITNESS MY RADICAL TUBE RIDE??!
80 for coming back I know it
Really Drew, Dennis, Mark - was it the Whiskey or the Troub?
This effin' flick is hella moded. And yeah, what about like, Cockney Rhyming Slang, etc?
Seriously - British English is FULL of slang!
100
Oversimplified..I have lots of impressions of what's going on..have you read any books lately? Probably not, and you're not alone...Thanks..and get over it..
Ya.. like the 80s are back. Notice the girls with short tight mini skirts?
They talking like nowaday poeple lol x)
Not so much a passing fancy since rad, awesome, etc. are still widely used. Yes, grody and tubular not so much -- then again they brought back those horrible sweats and mom jeans, so yeah...
Where u been at 4 da last decade
Year? I reckon 1987 - 1993
That Surf Punks EP they mention in this came out in 1979...
Yeah, VERY early 1980s, like 1981 or thereabouts.
Not even close. By late 80s it was a wrap already
This is like 86 but their first l.p was 79.
my neghbrs dog died so now in cellar secreets
Respond to this video Way Rad!...
The midwest and east coast ruined it like they do most good Cali things lol
Totally
You got that mostly the wrong way around.... Cali is a cesspool and this video documents one of many sewer leaks.....not the punk music, but the rest.
And don’t call our state “Cali”. No Californian says that.
Thank the lord almighty that is over.
Like totally.
Like Gagg me with iguanna taco Maaain!!! Collins WOOD??? LIke 485 Times. #GulfSpray
I lived in "the Valley" at that exact time and this was nowhere near close to the reality of val speak. Nice try.
Just because you have no idea what's going on doesn't mean nothing's happening. You're like every other older older generation ragging on young people for not being like you. Get over it. Thanks.
This was generation X. They had no movement unlike the baby boomers or the millennials
next......
No this is the Mtv Pepsi generation, you are about 10 or so years off...
Melissa Skillens lol millennials only movement is backwards. I'm a millennial.
Fuck millennials they will be forgotten pretty soon they are not like the baby boomers or generation x good bless them
Don't hate .... Gen X is the best gen EVER!!!
Gen-Xer here. Yes, we did have a movement. A big ol' steamin' BOWEL-movement right on top of boomers and millennials' heads. Enjoy the bouquet.
Those guys are so white
what a fucking lie! 0:20 regional accents are dying all over the US in favor of the general american accent and slang is always called "ghetto" or whatever