123 lifestyle, and physical defection Mattiello, 2008. Mattiello 2008 exemplified
the harsh sense from suffix –y in the word chinky which was racist and impolite
to denote „ a chinese man‟. Moreover, sarcastic sense by the addition of –y was able to be found in druggie
denote someone who follow drug user‟s lifestyle and wheelie wheelchair users.The writer did not see any root words were related to
race, unapproved lifestyle, and physical defection in the findings. In addition, the meaning of the discovered words did not describe types of people based on race,
habits, and disabilities.The writer found –y which designated people based on
their occupation and interest. The phenomenon occurred in punky. The combination between punk and
–y formed significances „a person who follows punk life style‟ or „one who really like punk music‟. It was used by Neil
Sutherland in the fifth episodes.
c. Suffix –ed
Suffix –ed commonly is used to create deverbal or denominal adjectives
Mattiello, 2008. It means that adjectives formed by combining verbs or nouns with
–ed. In English slang, the writer found the use of affix –ed to form adjective. The phenomena were summed up in table 4.22.
Table 4.22: Suffix –ed in English Slang
Slang Words Root words
Meaning
knackered Knack
Tired wasted
Waste Drunk
124 This phenomenon appeared in knackered. Knackered belonged to deverbal
adjective slang. Therefore, it came from knacker as a verb which meant „to
slaughter horses‟. The addition between knacker and –ed built an adjective which meant „tired. The word was found in the Simon‟s sentence “
Might not go to this thing tonight. I‟m pretty knackered.
”
The same process was also found in wasted that was used by Jay. It was created from waste which was a verb and suffix
–ed. The combination created a meaning „drunk‟.
The writer discovered suffixation –ed was combined to a noun as well. A
denominal adjective was found in the wicked. At once, the word originated from wick
meaning „a part of candle which is used to receive the flame from matches‟. After the suffixation process its meaning became „really bad‟ but then its meaning
shifted into „really good‟.
d. Suffix –o
Suffix –o is often applied in the slang word. It is not used in the standard
English. The –o ending has two functions. According to Mattielo 2008, suffix -
o aims to make non-personal nouns into personal nouns. She also states that suffix -o changes adjectives into nouns. In addition, suffix
–o was able to create nouns from verbs Mattiello, 2008. The writer found the use of suffix
–o in the slang in the utterances of The Inbetweeners characters. Mostly, it was applied by the male
characters. However, it also found in the teenage female characters. The examples
125 of the application of suffix
–o in slang words and their implementation in the characters utterances were represented in table 4.23.
Table 4.23: Suffix –o in English Slang
Sentences Slang Words
Root Words Meaning
In a caravan, like a gypo? If my mum told me we were going caravanning, Id
call Childline gypo
gypsy gypsy
Did someone dare you to be the worlds biggest saddo
saddo sad
a sad person Please be lesbo.
lesbo lesbian
a lesbian Youre more likely to get somewhere
with a fatso, cos theyre grateful for the attention.
fatso fat
a fat person
Suffix –o in saddo and fatso caused adjectives changed into nouns.
Through table 4.23 it could be seen that sad as an adjectives changed into noun which denoted „a sad person‟. This also occurred in fatso. The attachment of
suffix –o to the adjective fat shifted its lexical category. It changed from adjective
to noun. Another function of suffix
–o was also discovered in lesbo and gypo. Previously, those words were created from lesbian and gypsy. Before the suffix
– o was inserted, the last chunk of those words were clipped. The writer found that
suffix –o which was attached to them did not change non-personal noun into
personal noun, adjective into noun, or verbs into noun. Thus, the writer concluded suffix
–o in gypo and lesbo create jocularity.
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e. Suffix –ock
