> Do you think, this usage is something special for California youths or
> college students?

In my case, this was in Indiana, but I don't know where she was from.
It does sound a lot like Valspeak  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU
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