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The San Fernando Valley is the northern portion of the city of Los Angeles, California, roughly bounded by Burbank to the east, San Fernando to the north (both separate municipalities), Canoga Park to the west, and the Santa Monica Mountains (Mulholland Drive) to the south. The administrative center of "the Valley" is Van Nuys.

The Valley is home to numerous industries the most well-known of which include those involved in motion pictures, recording, and television production (including CBS Studio Center, NBC, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, and Warner Brothers Studios). The Valley is also home to a multi-million dollar adult, or "pornographic," movie industry.

Cities and towns in the Valley include Burbank, Chatsworth, Encino, Hidden Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, San Fernando,Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Sun Valley, Tujunga, Tarzana, Van Nuys, Woodland Hills. The Valley shares Los Angeles' dry, sunny weather, but is usually hotter and has more smog.

The Valley community of Northridge was the epicenter of a large January, 1994 earthquake and is home to California State University Northridge (CSUN, formerly San Fernando Valley State College).

In 2002, Los Angeles residents defeated a proposal under which the Valley would have seceded from the City of Los Angeles. Opponents claimed that secession was motivated by racist and class based factors, despite the fact that the ethnic composition of the Valley does not much differ from the rest of the city (other than having a somewhat smaller African-American population) and the Valley suffers from the same problems of poverty, crime, drug and gang activity as the rest of the city. Ultimately, the economics of forming a new city defeated the proposal.

The alleged lifestyles of Valley teens in the 1980s, and their alleged slang (Valspeak), were satirized in the Frank Zappa song "Valley Girl" (Like, grody to the max!)

Examples of Valspeak:

Airhead. An intellectual lightweight. (e.g. a Valley Girl).
Awesome. Not quite "tubular."
Barf bag. Jerk.
Fer sure.
Gag me with a spoon. That's disgusting.
Gnarly. Good.
Grody. Gross. (e.g. "grody to the max").
I'm so sure. I don't believe you.
Joanie. Unhip girl (from the Joanie Cunningham character on Happy Days).
Like,
Omigod! I'm surprised.
Psych! Just kidding.
Rad. Very cool.
Sketchy. Bad.
To the max. More of the previous adjective.
Totally. Completely.
Tubular. Awesomely cool.
UVs. Sunshine. ("I'm heading down to the beach to get some UVs.")
Valley Girl.
Veg (out).

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"Valspeak" translator

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-The '''San Fernando Valley''' is the northern portion of the city of [[Los Angeles, California]], roughly bounded by Burbank to the east, San Fernando to the north, Canoga Park to the west, and the Santa Monica Mountains (Mulholland Drive) to the south.  The administrative center of "the Valley" is Van Nuys.
+The '''San Fernando Valley''' is the northern portion of the city of [[Los Angeles, California]], roughly bounded by Burbank to the east, San Fernando to the north (both separate municipalities), Canoga Park to the west, and the Santa Monica Mountains (Mulholland Drive) to the south.  The administrative center of "the Valley" is Van Nuys.
 The Valley is home to numerous industries the most well-known of which include those involved in motion pictures, recording, and television production (including [[CBS]] Studio Center, [[NBC]], [[Universal Studios]], [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and [[Warner Brothers]] Studios). The Valley is also home to a multi-million dollar adult, or "pornographic," movie industry.
-Cities and towns in the Valley include Burbank, Chatsworth, Encino, Hidden Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, San Fernando, Tarzana, Van Nuys, Woodland Hills.  The Valley shares Los Angeles' dry, sunny weather, but is usually hotter and has more [[smog]].
+Cities and towns in the Valley include Burbank, Chatsworth, Encino, Hidden Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, San Fernando,Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Sun Valley, Tujunga, Tarzana, Van Nuys, Woodland Hills.  The Valley shares Los Angeles' dry, sunny weather, but is usually hotter and has more [[smog]].
-The Valley community of Northridge was the epicenter of a large January, 1994 [[earthquake]].
+The Valley community of Northridge was the epicenter of a large January, 1994 [[earthquake]] and is home to California State University Northridge (CSUN,
+formerly San Fernando Valley State College).
-In 2002, Los Angeles residents defeated a proposal under which the Valley would have seceded from the City of Los Angeles.
+In 2002, Los Angeles residents defeated a proposal under which the Valley would have seceded from the City of Los Angeles. Opponents claimed that secession
+was motivated by racist and class based factors, despite the fact that the ethnic composition of the Valley does not much differ from the rest of the
+city (other than having a somewhat smaller [[African-American]] population)  and the Valley suffers from the same problems of poverty, crime, drug
+and gang activity as the rest of the city. Ultimately, the economics of
+forming a new city defeated the proposal.
-The alleged lifestyles of Valley teens, and their alleged slang (Valspeak), were satirized in the [[Frank Zappa]] song "Valley Girl" (Like, grody to the max!)
+The alleged lifestyles of Valley teens in the 1980s, and their alleged slang (Valspeak), were satirized in the [[Frank Zappa]] song "Valley Girl" (Like, grody to the max!)
 Examples of Valspeak:
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 External link:<p>
 [http://www.80s.com/Entertainment/ValleyURL/ "Valspeak" translator]
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