<![CDATA[This article examined the types of taboo words employed by the male and female characters in Fast and Furious 1 & Fast and Furious 7, and explained how social class can affect the use of taboo words. This article employed descriptive qualitative with Fast and Furious 1 & Fast and Furious 7 as the sources of the data. All of the utterances containing taboo words employed by the characters were used as the data of this article, with 102 data totals in 72 dialogues. This study applied purposive sampling technique. This article found out that (1) there were four types of taboo words used by the characters: epithets, profanity, vulgarity, and obscenity –as the dominant taboo word used–; (2) both male and female characters used taboo words even though the male characters used more often than female characters; and (3) there were only two social classes using taboo words in conversations: middle class and working class, in which middle class members uttered taboo words more frequently.]]>
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