TRAVERSE - Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics January 2025

Slang Words in Blackbear’s Song Lyrics from Cybersex Album

Yudi, YudiJanuarsandi (Unknown)
I Dewa Ayu Devi Maharani Santika (Unknown)
I Komang Sulatra (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Nov 2025

Abstract

Slang words are non-standard vocabulary either spoken or written. Generally, slang words are spoken by a group of people informally. The goals of this research are to discover the types of slang words and the process of creating slang words found in Blackbear's song lyrics from the Cybersex album. The observation method was used in collecting the data in this study. The descriptive qualitative method was used to analyze the data. Based on the data there were two theories used in analyzing the data, first is theory by Champman (2007) to analyze the types of slang word and theory by Yule (1985) to analyze the process of creating slang word. The result of this study shows that 76% of primary slang and 24% data of secondary slang. In the process of creating slang, this study found 6 types from 9 types process of creating slang, there are blending, clipping, coinage, compounding, acronym, and borrowing.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

traverse

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics (TRAVERSE) is a journal aims to be a peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information. We publish original research papers, review articles and case studies focused on language teaching, learning and applied linguistics context. The scope ...