Slang in the script of Suicide Squad Movie

Abstract

This study deals with the use of slang in the script of Suicide Squad movie. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of slang words, to find out the meanings of slang words and to find out the reason why the most dominant type of slang used in the script of Suicide Squad movie. This research was carried out by using descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from choosing the movie of Suicide Squad movie. There were twelve scenes and all scenes were taken to be analyzed, the technique used to analyze the data obtained was by identifying the slang, tabulated the slang into their types and classifying the meanings of slang and then give the reason the most dominant used in the script of the movie. There were 63 slang used in the script of Suicide Squad movie. The findings of the data analysis showed that six types of slang namely cockney slang with the amount of 3, public house slang with the amount of 13, workmen‟s slang with the amount of 2, society slang with the amount of 43, slang in theatre with the mount of 1, and slang in church with the amount of 1. The findings showed that the meaning used by the characters are contextual meaning, depending on the situation or given context because slang has many meanings on the slang dictionary. But each slang has a meaning depends on its context and story. The most dominant type of slang is society slang and the reason of using most dominant type of slang in the script of the movie because this movie has action and superhero genre in which there are a lot rude words to be used because to express their feeling when angry and rude words include to society slang that why the most dominant type used in this movie.