Profanity or Blasphemy The Kinds of Swear Words Uttered by Mike Lawrey in Bad Boys II

37 Marcus : “Almost fucking crushed my head.” 00.36.12-00.36.14 The dialog between Mike and Marcus above is about the scene when they are in a gun war with the Haitian Blondy. Many bullets are shot to them and they could keep avoiding. However, several bullets almost hit them. “My butthole” in the sentence uttered by Mike below is considered vulgarity because it has common or ordinary sense as it means. It is generally used and understood in the society as vulgar word. 11 Mike: “Holler, on your boy. Twenty-one thousands? What? Oh Kiss my black ass. It was dashboard. ” 00.42.13-00.42.25 The utterances above is about Mike’s conversation with the stuff of repair shop after the incident of chasing Haitian Blondy. He is talking about the damage on the dashboard which is accidentally caused by Marcus. He gets surprised because the new dashboard cost so expensive. “Kiss my black ass” is classified as a type of vulgarity because it has common or ordinary sense as it means. It is commonly known as “kissing his Mike’s black butt” to respond what he heard. 12 Mike : “Like what am I gonna do with these big-ass dead tities? ” Marcus : “But you’re looking, though.” Mike : “There’s something wrong with your brain.” Marcus : “Just cover the tities.” Mike : “Goddamn” 01.41.30-01.41.37 38 Dialogue 12 is about the moment when Mike and Marcus are looking for the drugs and money hidden in dead bodies in Johnny Tapia’s mortuary. Mike opens the cloth and finds a dead naked woman body. Mike gazes that woman for a while and Marcus thinks that he is paying attention to her big breasts. The phrase “these big-ass dead tities” shows Mike’s expression to what Marcus thinks. This phrase is considered vulgarity because it describes something or someone with common word; big-ass dead tities.

5. Epithet

The kind of swear words number five is epithet. As Jay 1992 states in chapter two, epithet is a disparaging or abusive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name, of a person, or a thing. He also adds that epithet is uttered from frustration or sense or hostility so that it can be replacement of physical aggression. Epithets may also be habitual in nature, for example, always saying the same word or phrase when someone hurts himself or herself Jay, 1992. Four sentences below are considered epithet: 13 Marcus : “Mason, go fetch” Mike : “Oh, shit Now, that shit is funny. That’s some funny shit. ” 00.21.12-00.21.23 The dialogue above is about Marcus’s large disposable pool which is pulled by Mason, Marcus’s dog that the water spills out and breaks the pool. Marcus floats into the water and makes everyone surprised. “Shit” is considered epithet because it is Mike’s habit to say this word everytime he gets surprised. He PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI