Jennie, when you get back to teaching at your high school, if it's possible, I'd love it if you could find out if students in your school are familiar with the four Bring It On cheerleader movies? Here's a link to the wikipedia for the first movie in that series [2000]. I ask because the characters for the suburban cheerleading squad in that series-The Toros, speak "Valley Girl". In the first movie-and I think some of the others-that cheerleading squad competes against what is described as an inner city cheerleading squad [the first squad is primarily composed of White high school girls, and the second squad is primarily composed of Black high school girls].

I've received lots of examples of the cheers that were featured in those movies, including some that are written in "Valley Girlese". Here's one of the many versions of a cheer that was featured in the first Bring It On movie:

"Like totally, for sure I just got a manicure The sun, I swear It's bleaching out my hair I just lost an earring But I gotta' keep on cheering 33 to 44 I don't know that silly score Win Win Fight Fight Gee I hope I look alright? Don't answer."
-Cheer Mom; 9/13/2006; http://cocojams.com/cheerleader_cheers.htm

Cheer Mom wrote this comment: "First I wanted to point out that that cheer about the Toros (in the Like, totally genre) is from [the movie] Bring it on. Copied exactly. I coach midget football cheer and my girls do a version of that".

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Jennie, could this [at least part] of the reason why girls in your school are speaking Valley Girl lingo?