valaubly - n.
(also valence) a short curtain round the frame or canopy of a bedstead, above a window, or under a shelf.

valanced adj. [ME ult. f. OF avaler descend: see VAIL]

valaubly - See: DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR.

valaubly - See: FACE VALUE.

valaubly - noun
phrase (Environment) A set of guidelines, drawn up in the US in 1989, which is designed to regulate and monitor the conduct of corporations in relation to the environment. Etymology : Formed by compounding: part of the name of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, which ran aground off Valdez in Alaska and spilled millions of gallons of oil into Prince William Sound in March 1989, combined with principles (because these were environmental principles which were already being considered and were finally agreed as a direct result of the disaster). History and Usage: The Valdez Principles started as an environmental charter drawn up by CERES (the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies), an organization representing American environmentalists and investment groups. It existed in draft form early in 1989, before the Exxon Valdez disaster had occurred, and acquired the name Valdez Principles among CERES staff as soon as it became clear that this was to be one of the US's worst environmental disasters and one from which corporations promised to learn lessons about environmental responsibility. This colloquial name was made official when the Principles were publicly announced in September 1989. The Valdez Principles themselves deal with broader issues than the problems raised by the oil spillage: they cover protection of the biosphere from pollutants, sustainable use of renewable resources, the reduction and safe disposal of waste, energy conservation, the health and safety of employees, the marketing of environmentally sound products and services, compensation for victims of pollution, freedom of information about hazards, and provision for audit procedures. Information about whether a company has signed a pledge to follow the Valdez Principles will be disseminated to shareholders. Newsday 7 Sept. 1989, p.
77 Ecologist Barry Commoner sees the beginning of a revolution in the idea of 'corporate responsibility' and the 'Valdez Principles',...introduced by a coalition of environmental organizations and investment groups. Boston Globe 22 Apr. 1990, p. 28

valaubly - A variety of US slang which originated among teenage girls from the San Fernando valley in California and was later taken up more widely by youngsters in the US. Etymology: A contraction of Valleyspeak, itself formed from the Valley of San Fernando Valley and -speak 'language', modelled on George Orwell's Newspeak and Oldspeak in the novel 1984. History and Usage : Valspeak, the language of the Valley girl, originated at the end of the seventies and was popularized under this name--or as Valleyspeak, Valley talk, or Valley Girl talk--from about 1982 onwards, especially by Frank Zappa's daughter Moon Unit. It is characterized by frequent repetition of certain 'filler' words (especially like and totally), emphasis on a small group of adjectives of approval or disapproval (see awesome rad tubular and grody), abbreviation of words to a single syllable (see, for example, max), set phrases such as grody to the max and gag me with a spoon, and a dizzy, giggly, schoolgirl style of delivery. On the record, in pure , uncut Valspeak, Moon laments in bubbly staccato that, 'Like my mother like makes me do the dishes. It's like so gross.' People 13 Sept. 1982, p. 90

valaubly - n.
(also valence) a short curtain round the frame or canopy of a bedstead, above a window, or under a shelf.

valanced adj. [ME ult. f. OF avaler descend: see VAIL]