118 person‟. Its relation between the bases and the meaning proved that there is no
correlation between the compound bases and the meaning. The example of exocentric compound was found in cocks up word.
Through table 4.19, i t was clearly seen that its sense „mistakes‟ was not
influenced by its head of compound word. The same phenomena also occurred in lard-arse,
which was found in Jay‟s sentence in the episode six. The combination of lard
means „pigs‟ fat‟ and arse „buttocks‟ did not create a meaning of „buttocks which are full of pigs‟ fat‟. However, the compound word lard-arse was used to
denote „a fat person‟. Moreover, another slang exocentric compound word was exemplified by the application of word sling up one by Jay Cartwright in the
episode five, which meant „engage to sexual encounter. The writer viewed all of
the bases of that exocentric compound did not engage in the process of the meaning formation at all.
b. Affixation
Affixation is a process of affix attachment to root a word. This process is divided into three processes, namely: prefixation, infixation, and suffixation. The
classification of affixation is based on the position of affixes. If the affix is attached precede of the root words, it is called prefix. Meanwhile, if it is attached
between of the root words, the affix is classified as infix. Affix that is combined to the end of the root words is called suffix. The writer only found the phenomena of
suffixation in this study.
119 Suffixation is defined as a process of attachment of affixes that go after the
stem Katamba, 1994. Predominantly, standard English shares the same suffixes with English slang. Suffix
–ed, -er, -ing, -able, -y, -ness, -ly, -fy, -ish, -less and – ful can be discovered in slang and standard variation. However, there are some
suffixes which are only applied in the English slang, namely –ette, -ock, -dom, -o,-
erro, and –ster Mattiello, 2008.
After analyzed the all the slang word in the whole of episodes of the first season, the writer found that not all of the standard English and English slang
suffixes were applied to form slang words. The writer only found six suffixes out of twenty one. The slang words in the research object only applied
–er, -y-ie, ed, -o, -ock, -ing in their word building processes. Therefore, the writer classified the
suffixation processes based on the type of suffixes that applied.
a. Suffix -er
Suffix –er has a function to form nouns. According to Mattiello 2008, -er
creates agent-noun form verbs. It gives a meaning of “a man who does whatever
the verbs means” Katamba, 1994, p. 44. Mattiello 2008 also adds that suffix – er
has functions to „designate people according to their profession‟ when it is attached to nouns. In addition, it forms the meaning of
„the native of...‟ when it is attached to a name of place e.g. highlander. The
–er ending is possible to create the jocular sounds as well. The suffix does not change the meaning. It just make
the funny effect to the sound for the slang words.
120 In The Inbetweeners, the writer discovered some slang words with suffix
– er that were used by the male teenage characters in their utterances. The
phenomena of the –er suffixation with several function in were showed in the
table 4.20.
Table 4.20: Suffix –er in English Slang
Slang Words Roots
Meaning
wanker wank
a mastubator tosser
toss a mastubator
cock –seeker
seek a woman who looks for a male sexual partner
nutter nut
a crazy person spacker
spaz stupid It forms from spastic
boner bone
an erection
Based on the table 4.20, it could be seen that suffix –er in word wanker
, that was use by Jay in the sentence “What, for a wank? You wanker
”,
changed the verbs into nouns. The root word wank
which meant „to masturbate‟ shifted into „the mastubator‟ after they were attached by –er. The same phenomenon was
also found in the word tosser. Actually, tosser meant „a maturbator. However, it
was used to denote „a fool‟ by William McKenzie in The Inbetweeners. The same feature also found in cock-seeker. The second base of cock-seeker was created
from a verb „to seek‟. Then, after it was followed by suffix –er, its meaning changed into „someone who seeks‟.
121 The different case of
–er suffixation was discovered in the nutter. In this case, affix
–er did not attach to verbs like the previous slang words. However, it was combined with nut which had a function as an adjective. Though had a
different combination, affix –er in nutter still created a noun with significance „a
crazy person‟. The writer concluded, suffix –er might create the sense of „someone who is adjective‟ if it was combined to adjectives. As exemplified by
nutter, affix –er conveyed „someone who is nut or crazy‟.
The phenomenon of -er suffixation in slang word spacker and boner had different function with others. The writer regarded
–er in spacker and boner created a jocularity. It could be conclude from their lexical categories which were
not change. The lexical category of spacker, which was an adjective, was still consistent even after the suffixation. Suffix
–er which created jocularity also found in boner because the lexical category change process was not discovered in
it.
b. Suffix –y -ie
