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32 cause harm through physical and psychological punishments from the group consensus and it is not without danger for a speaker. There were some examples of this kind as seen on the following dialogues. 1 Mike : “Blue power, motherfuckers. Miami PD.” Marcus : “Aw, damn. It’s the Negroes.” Mike : “Casper, drop the bag. Alpha leader, bring them in.” 00.05.41-00.05.58 This dialogue takes place when Mike and his partner, Marcus, are showing their disguises in front of the culprits. They wear the costumes as the culprits wear to hide their identity. They point their guns to the culprits and call them “motherfuckers” to express their anger to what the culprits are doing. It is included into cursing because it causes harm through physical and psychological punishments. Mike intentionally calls the culprits with th e word “motherfucker” which shows his power to arrest the culprits. 2 Haitian Blondie : “Fuck you How’s that? I’m gonna kill you, motherfucker Your country, my ass Fuck you ” Mike : “Fuck me? Fuck you” 00.49.10-00.49.12 The dialogue above takes place when Mike and the member of Icepick or Haitian Blondie are at the gun war. The Haitian Blondie curses Mike first because his place is found by Mike and Marcus as the police. Mike curses him back and keeps holding the guns in his hands. He is ready to shoot the Icepick and gets the suspects. “Fuck me?” and “Fuck you” are included into cursing because they harm and give psychological attack to the listener. Mike attacks the Haitian Blondie verbally. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 33

2. Profanity or Blasphemy

The second kind of swear words in Bad Boys II movie is profanity. Jay 1992 states that profanity is based on religious distinction which means the profane is behaving outside the customs of religious belief and being ignorant of the guidelines of particular religious order. These are some examples of profanity in Bad Boys II movie: 3 Marcus : “Get the fuck off me, Mike” Mike : “What the hell is your problem, man? Why you acting so stupid? ” 01.20.40-01.20.44 This dialogue takes place when Marcus knows that her sister, Syd, is dating Mike. It makes him angry because they hide it. Besides, he is still angry at Mike due to incidents. The phrase “What the hell….” belongs to the profanity because hell is one a common belief in religion. This word is used in expressing Mike’s anger and disappointment. 4 Marcus : “I’m re-evaluating what’s important.” Mike : “About what? Being a cop?” Marcus : “No, about you being my partner.” Mike : “Is this about Syd? God Hey, Marcus, man.” 01.33.25-01.33.31 In the dialogue above, Marcus talks about the partnership problem between Mike and him. Mike swears “God” to express that he is so exhausted to talk about that problem. Especially, he does not want his relationship with Syd, Marcus’s sister, would break their partnership. “God” is categorized as profanity because in religion, God is something sacred.