Silicone Valley en · PROPN
Etymology
Blend of silicone + Silicon Valley.
Meanings
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(humorous, slang) San Fernando Valley, in particular in reference to its large porn industry.
And so I went to the San Fernando Valley, aka Silicone Valley, on the other side of the Hollywood Hills, to talk with the suits of the adult business.
2003, Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader, SAGE, →ISBN, page 49:
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(alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of Silicon Valley.
alt of Silicon Valley
Remember, be cool. There's no faster way to tip off everyone to the fact that you're not reading Behind The Screens than to say “Silicone Valley” when you mean “silicon”.
[1984 July 23, Steve Gibson, “Stenils and Spray Paint”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 43:Joan had returned from San Francisco, that fucking town of overrated nightlife, hippies, and silicone valley yuppies breeding like cockroaches, and I dialed her number as soon as I heard she had gotten back.
2006, Tony O'Neill, Digging the Vein, Contemporary Press, →ISBN: