17 homo, and bastard. Furthermore, examples of slurs are fatty, bubble but, dumb,
weirdo, fag, liar, dago, honkey, nigger, and grease ball.
f. Scatology
Jay 1992 describes scatology as a terms that refers to human waste products and processes. It means scatology terms has a strong relation with feces.
Usually American children use this terms to insult someone, but adult may use it too. The words used by children are different compared to adults for the same
referent. The examples of scatology are poo poo, poop, crap, shit, shit ass, piss, piss off, and fart.
Besides, Anderson and Trudgill 1992 categorize swear words into four types. They are expletive swearing, abusive swearing, humorous swearing, and
auxiliary swearing as cited in Lindahl, 2008, p.4.
a. Expletive Swearing
Expletive words are not directed towards others, because sometimes expletive words are a reflexive reaction to something that happened unexpectedly
to the spaker. Expletive words are usually used to express emotions, like anger, disappointment or frustration. The examples of expletive swearing are Hell, Shit,
and God damn it.
b. Abusive Swearing
When expletive swearing is not directed toward others, abusive swearing is directed toward others. Abusive swearing includes name calling, and another
expressions that are offensive and able to insult someone. The examples of abusive swearing are You asshole, You bastard, and Go to hell.
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c. Humorous Swearing
Actually, humorous swearing has a similarity with expletive, which is abusive. The difference between humorous and abusive swearing is the function.
Humorous just means to be fun while abusive means to insult someone. Humorous swear words usually take forms of abusive swear words, but they serve
opposite functions, humorous swear words are playful rather than offensive. The examples of humorous swearing are You asshole., You bastard., and Go to hell.
d. Auxiliary Swearing
Swear words can also be auxiliary. It is directed toward people, but it is not intended to insult others. Auxiliary swearing is the way of speaking, and it is
called as “lazy swearing” since it does not have any meaning or non-emphatic. The examples of auxiliary swearing are This fucking X, and Bloody Y
The researcher is conside ring Jay‟s and Anderson and Trudgill‟s
classification of swear words types are similar. The researcher uses Jay ‟s
classification as the basic theory to answer the research questions about the types of swear words because Jay‟s classification is more suitable to classify types of
swear words in 21
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Jump Street movie.
5. The Reasons for Swearing
There are several reasons why people swear. The main reason for swearing is people want to express their emotive feeling as Ljung 2011 states that
swearing is emotive language which its primary function is to express the speaker‟s feelings. Beside of that main reason, Andersson 1985 categorizes
