SLANG IN LYRICS OF EMINEM’S SELECTED
SONGS: A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
A THESIS
BY
DIAN RAFIKA
REG. NO. 070721025
ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN
ABSTRACT
Skripsi berjudul ”Slang in Lyrics of Eminem’s Selected Songs: A Semantic Analysis” bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ditemukan kata-kata slang dalam lirik lagu Eminem, mencari kata kata slang yang paling dominant, serta mengklasifikasikan kata slang berdasarkan klasifikasi Partridge.
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kepustakaan, yaitu menggunakan buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan judul yang menjadi pembahasan di atas sebagai refernsi, juga dilakukan pencarian sumber pembahasan melalui internet untuk mendukung penulisan skripsi ini. Metode dokumentasi digunakan sebagai metode pengumpulan data. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif, dengan menggunakan system random sampling, dengan jumlah sample 10 lagu yang diambil 65% dari jumlah populasi sebanyak 15 lagu. Lagu yang dianalisis adalah lagu dengan judul: The Way I Am, My Name Is, Shake That, The Real Slim Shady, Guilty Conscience, Cleanin’ Out My Closet, Fack, Lose
Yourself, Sing for the Moment, dan When I’m Gone. Instrumen yang digunakan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I would like to thank and praise ALLAH S.W.T, the most gracious and most merciful, who has blessed me with health and capability to
finish this thesis as my last assignment to finish my study at English Literature
Department, Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara.
In this opportunity, I would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Letters,
Drs. Syaifuddin, M.A. Ph.D., and the Head of English Literature Department
Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum, the Secretary of English Literature Department Drs. Yulianus Harefa, M.Ed TESOL, for their advice and support during the period of my study in this faculty. I also would like to thank to my
supervisor, Drs. M. Syafi’I, M.A., and Dra. Roma Ayuni Lubis, M.A., as my co-supervisor who has spent much of his time in correcting this thesis and giving
a valuable guidance to complete it. I am also grateful to all the lectures who
lectured me wisely during the academic years.
Furthermore, I would like to thank my parents, Awiel Ichram and
Rodiah, for their loves, advice, prayer, attention, and support, I love you both. To my sisters Wira Riana, S.T. and Lisa Triana, S.Pd. and my brothers Aidil Akbar, S.T. and Imran, S.T., and my nephew, Fakhri Syechar Al-Mubarraq
In addition, I would like to thank to all my friends in English Literatures
Department (2007 Extension Program).
Thank you to everyone who helps me during my academic period and my
time in finishing this thesis.
Medan, January 2009
Dian Rafika
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRAK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Analysis ……… 1
1.2 Problem of the Analysis ……….. 4
1.3 Objective of the Analysis ……….. 4
1.4 Scope of the Analysis ……….. 5
1.5 Significance of the Analysis ……… 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Theoretical Framework ……….. 6
2.1.1 Semantics Analysis ……… 6
2.1.1.1Semantics ………... 6
2.1.1.2Analysis ……….. 8
2.1.2 Slang ……… 9
2.1.3 The Characteristic of Slang ………... 11
2.1.4 The Creation of Slang ………. 14
2.1.5 Partridge’s Classifications of Slang ………... 16
2.1.6 Slang as Language ……….. 20
2.1.7 Slang in Media ………. 22
2.1.8 Music ……… 23
2.2 Relevant Studies ……….. 24
CHAPTER III METHODOLODY 3.1 Research Method ……….. 27
3.2 Population and Sample ……….. 27
3.2.1 Population ……….. 27
3.2.2 Sample ……….. 27
3.3 Method of Collecting Data ……….. 28
3.4 Method of Analyzing Data ……….. 28
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 Data Analysis ………. 30
4.2 Findings ………... 44
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions ………... 58
5.2 Suggestions ………58
ABSTRACT
Skripsi berjudul ”Slang in Lyrics of Eminem’s Selected Songs: A Semantic Analysis” bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ditemukan kata-kata slang dalam lirik lagu Eminem, mencari kata kata slang yang paling dominant, serta mengklasifikasikan kata slang berdasarkan klasifikasi Partridge.
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kepustakaan, yaitu menggunakan buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan judul yang menjadi pembahasan di atas sebagai refernsi, juga dilakukan pencarian sumber pembahasan melalui internet untuk mendukung penulisan skripsi ini. Metode dokumentasi digunakan sebagai metode pengumpulan data. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif, dengan menggunakan system random sampling, dengan jumlah sample 10 lagu yang diambil 65% dari jumlah populasi sebanyak 15 lagu. Lagu yang dianalisis adalah lagu dengan judul: The Way I Am, My Name Is, Shake That, The Real Slim Shady, Guilty Conscience, Cleanin’ Out My Closet, Fack, Lose
Yourself, Sing for the Moment, dan When I’m Gone. Instrumen yang digunakan
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Analysis
Chapman and Kipfer (1995: xix) state that Semantics is one of the major
theoretical fields of linguistic study. According to Wikipedia (the free
Encyclopedia, internet research), Semantics is the study of meaning in
communication. The word derives from Greek η α ός (semantikos),
"significant", from η α ω (semaino), "to signify, to indicate" and that from
α (sema), "sign, and mark, token". In Linguistics, it is concerned as the study
of interpretation of signs as used by agents or communities within particular
circumstances and contexts. It has related meanings in several other fields.
Semanticists differ on what constitutes meaning in an expression. The total
of a word’s meaning can be divided into two aspects, though the boundaries
between them are indistinct.
Furthermore, Chapman and Kipfer (1995: xix) states that the first aspect is
denotation. This refers to any of the simple, more or less consciously recognized
and objectively deducible senses of the word, the sort of meaning that would
appear as a dictionary definition. A word’s connotations, however, are harder to
determine. Connotations embrace all emotive and cognitive associations that a
word brings to mind beyond its simple dictionary meaning. Because the
connotations of most words are in principle infinite, it is a testament to the
cultural integrity of a society that so many are held in common. Even within a
single language community, slang tends to vary widely across the social, ethnic,
however, it grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of
saying something, at which time it usually comes to be regarded as mainstream,
acceptable language, although in the case of taboo words there may be no
expression that is considered mainstream or acceptable. Numerous slang terms
pass into informal mainstream speech, and sometimes into formal speech, though
this may involve a change in meaning or usage.
Moreover, slang words are also formed exactly as standard words are
formed. Affixations, back formations, compounding, words blends, functional
conversions, clips, and acronyms, which are believed as the way to form. Standard
words can also be used to form the slang words. And it makes slang treated as a
standard language, even though it is not considered as standard language, yet.
Slang today is almost as large as the English language. Slang is no more than
improper English. It is the English language; just distorted a little to mean
something else, I personally do not feel that slang is such a bad thing. It can be
seen that people are being lazy and using the improper words that they were
taught but sometime it is just a self-expression.
Some people use certain slang are just raised in surrounding, on radio,
television, newspapers, magazines, lyrics of music, books, etc. There are some
examples of slang in lyrics of songs:
a. Down hea, we for real, not just words and a rap.—Disturbing The
Peace (Can’t Be Stopped)
Hea = here
b. This hottie got a bad. –Sir Mixalot (Sprung on the Cat, 1992)
c. I’m stacking chips every time the phone ring.—King T feat Dr. Dre
(Money)
Chips = money
d. Took the fame cause they ain’t give it us, now we excite.—Eve
(Philly, Philly)
Ain’t = is not/am not/are not/have not/was not/did not/does not/ do
not.
According to Wikipedia (the free Encyclopedia, internet research),
rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the
rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry, one of the elements of
hip hop music and culture. The use of the word to describe quick speech or
repartee long predates the musical form,meaning originally "to hit". The word had
been used in British English since the 16th century, and specifically meaning "to
say" since the 18th. It was part of the African American dialect of English in the
1960s meaning "to converse", and very soon after that in its present usage as a
term denoting the musical style.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III known as Slim Shady and his primary stage
name Eminem, it is one of the highest-selling rappers of all time. Eminem is
having sold eighty million albums worldwide. Eminem is an Academy Award and
Grammy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor. Curtain
Call: the Hits is a 2005 compilation album by the rapper Eminem. It was released
In this case, I wish to find out the meaning of each slang words used
especially in lyrics of songs found in Eminem’s album Curtain Call, an analysis
of frequency or use may be carried out more about the use of slang.
1.2
Problem of the Analysis
According to the background explained above, the problems of the
analysis are formulated as follows:
1. What is the meaning of slang words used in the lyrics of songs?
2. Which slang words is used in the lyrics of songs most dominantly?
3. What are the classifications of the slang found in lyrics according to
Partridge’s classification?
1.3
Objective of the Analysis
Concerning to the problem of the analysis as mentioned above, the
objectives of the analysis are:
1. To find out the meaning of slang in the lyrics of songs.
2. To calculate which slang word is the most dominant found in the
lyrics.
1.4
Scope of the Analysis
The scope of this analysis is limited to the meanings of slang words in the
lyrics of songs. The lyrics of songs are from the selected songs of Eminem’s
album Curtain Call, released in 2005 which are browsed the internet website
(www.azlyrics.com). There are 15 songs in Curtain Call, but only 10 songs will
be the data, entitled: The Way I Am, My Name Is, Shake That, The Real Slim Shady,
Guilty Conscience, Cleanin’ Out My Closet, Fack, Lose Yourself, Sing for the Moment,
and When I’m Gone.
1.5
Significance of the Analysis
Theoretically this thesis can expand or add the knowledge for student of
language in terms of semantics, especially the meaning and types of slang.
Practically this thesis can be useful in learning semantics. In the next time I do
hope that this thesis will be useful for people in daily conversation when they use
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1.1
Semantics Analysis
Definitions of semantic analysis is vary. Jackendoff (2002, 91), defining it
as the theory of human thinking. Semantic analysis falls into two strands. Some
linguists regard sentences as the logical propositions, while others regard them as
the repositories of shared concepts, unspoken ideas and sense-perceptions, for a
fascinating account of, for instance, colors and emotions as expressed in different
world languages, and for summaries of a number.
According to Wikipedia (the free Encyclopedia, internet research),
Semantic analysis is the process of relating syntactic structures, from the levels of
phrases, clauses, sentences and paragraphs to the level of the writing as a whole,
to their language-independent meanings, removing features specific to particular
linguistic and cultural contexts, to the extent that such a project is possible. The
elements of idiom and figurative speech, being cultural, must also be converted
into relatively invariant meanings.
2.1.1.1
Semantics
In linguistics, semantics is the subfield that is devoted to the study of
meaning, as inherent at the levels of words, phrases, sentences, and even larger
units of discourse. The basic areas of study are the meaning of signs, and the
study of relation between different linguistic units: homonymy, antonymy,
semantics has included the study of connotative sense and denotative reference,
truth conditions, argument structure, thematic roles, discourse analysis, and the
linkage of all of these to syntax.
There are some definitions of semantics proposed by the linguists as
follows:
1. Lyons (1977: 1), Semantics is generally defined as the study of
meaning.
2. Palmer (1976: 1) states that semantics is the technical term used to
refer to the study of meaning.
3. Kreidler (1998: 3), Semantics is the systematic study of meaning
and linguistic semantic is the study of how language organizes and
expresses meaning. Furthermore, Kreidler (1998: 44-45) states that
meaning is more than denotation. People do not only talk and write
to describe things and events and characteristics, they also express
their opinions, favorable and unfavorable. Language furnishes the
means for expressing a wide range of attitudes; their aspect of
meaning is called connotation A denotation identifies the central
aspects of word meaning, which everybody generally agrees about.
The denotation is the relation to phenomena outside language,
including imaginary phenomena; the connotation is the cluster of
attitudes that the lexeme may evoke.
4. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (2003: 1129), Semantics
5. Katz (1972: 1), Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning.
6. Hornby (1974: 775), Semantics is branch of linguistics concerned
with studying the meanings of words and sentences.
From the definition of some linguists above, I conclude that semantics is
the study of linguistic meaning which have two aspects of meaning (connotation
and denotation) and have some basic areas of study (the meaning of signs, and the
study of relation between different linguistic units).
2.1.1.2 Analysis
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (2003: 44), Analysis is a
method in philosophy of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more
basic ones.
According to Richards, Platt, and Weber (1985: 76), Analysis is the
process of breaking down a sentence into it clause and its relating to the other
part. Marchand (1969: 98) states that analysis objectives are divided into three
types:
1. Identification or classification of the element of communication.
2. Making explicit relationship or connection that exists among these
elements.
3. Recognizing the organizational principles that structures and holds
2.1.2
Slang
Few linguists have endeavored to clearly define what constitutes slang.
Hornby (1974: 807), Slang is words, phrases, meanings of words, etc. commonly
used in talk among friends or colleagues, but not suitable for good writing or
formal occasions, esp. the kind used by and typical of only one class of persons.
Kis (1997: 241) states that slang is a linguistic universal because
presumably it is found in every language and in every area of the languages. One
of the basic conditions of its birth—perhaps the most important one—is a
community the members which are in a daily relationship of intensive verbal
communication. If this relationship of intensive verbal communication exists,
slang phenomena occurs in the language.
According to Britannica Dictionary online (2008), Slang is unconventional
words or phrases that express either something new or something old in a new
way. It is flippant, irreverent, and indecorous; it may be indecent or obscene. Its
colorful metaphors are generally directed at respectability, and it is this succinct,
sometimes witty, frequently impertinent social criticism that gives slang its
characteristic flavor. Slang, then, includes not just words but words used in a
special way in a certain social context.
Dumas and Lighter (1978: 14-15) argued that an expression should be
considered “true slang” if it meets at least two of the following criteria:
a. It lowers, if temporarily, “the dignity of formal or serious speech or
writing”; in other words, it is likely to be seen in such contexts as a
b. Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with
a group of people that are familiar with it and use the term.
c. It is a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social
status or greater responsibility.
d. It replaces “a well know conventional synonym.” This is done primarily to
avoid “the discomfort caused by the conventional item (or by) further
elaboration.
According to Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (2003: 1170), Slang
is language peculiar to a particular group; an informal nonstandard vocabulary
composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, extravagant, forced, or
facetious figures of speech.
Although the term "slang" is sometimes used with more or less intentional
inexactness, and has often been carelessly defined, the notion to which it
corresponds in general use seems to be tolerably precise. There are two principal
characteristics which, taken in conjunction, may serve to distinguish what is
properly called slang from certain other varieties of diction that in some respects
resemble it. The first of these is that slang is a conscious offence against some
conventional standard of propriety. A mere vulgarism is not slang, except when it
is purposely adopted, and acquires an artificial currency, among some class of
persons to whom it is not native. The other distinctive feature of slang is that it is
neither a part of the ordinary language, nor an attempt to supply its deficiencies.
The slang word is a deliberate substitute for a word of the vernacular, just as the
characters of a cipher are substitutes for the letters of the alphabet, or as a
There are still many definitions of slang, and none of them define in the
same as another. Because what makes different source has different, definition
depends on from which angle is viewed. However, one important point, which are
always mentioned is that slang is informal language, informal for it has not been
widely and fully accepted by a society from all level because it is mostly spoken
by young people.
2.1.3
The Characteristic of Slang
Maurer (from Encyclopedia Britannica online, 2008), psychologically,
most good slang harks back to the stage in human culture when animism was a
worldwide religion. At that time, it was believed that all objects had two aspects,
one external and objective that could be perceived by the senses, the other
imperceptible (except to gifted individuals) but identical with what we today
would call the “real” object. Human survival depended upon the manipulation of
all “real” aspects of life—hunting, reproduction, warfare, weapons, design of
habitations, nature of clothing or decoration, etc.—through control or influence
upon the animus, or imperceptible phase of reality. This influence was exerted
through many aspects of sympathetic magic, one of the most potent being the use
of language. Words, therefore, had great power, because they evoked the things to
which they referred.
Civilized cultures and their languages retain many remnants of animism,
largely on the unconscious level. Slang, then, owes much of its power to shock to
the superimposition of images that are incongruous with images (or values) of
its imagery develops incongruity bordering on social satire. Every slang word,
however, has its own history and reasons for popularity. When conditions change,
the term may change in meaning, be adopted into the standard language, or
continue to be used as slang within certain enclaves of the population.
Some slang becomes respectable when it loses its edge; “spunk,” “fizzle,”
“spent,” “hit the spot,” “jazz,” “funky,” and “p.o.’d,” once thought to be too
indecent for feminine ears, are now family words. Other slang survives for
centuries, like “bones” for dice (Chaucer), “beat it” for run away (Shakespeare),
“duds” for clothes, and “booze” for liquor (Dekker). These words must have been
uttered as slang long before appearing in print, and they have remained slang ever
since. Normally, slang has both a high birth and death rate in the dominant
culture, and excessive use tends to dull the luster of even the most colorful and
descriptive words and phrases. The rate of turnover in slang words is undoubtedly
encouraged by the mass media, and a term must be increasingly effective to
survive.
While many slang words introduce new concepts, some of the most
effective slang provides new expressions—fresh, satirical, shocking—for
established concepts, often very respectable ones. Sound is sometimes used as a
basis for this type of slang, as, for example, in various phonetic distortions (e.g.,
pig Latin terms). It is also used in rhyming slang, which employs a fortunate
combination of both sound and imagery. Thus, gloves are “turtledoves” (the
gloved hands suggesting a pair of billing doves), a girl is a “twist and twirl” (the
movement suggesting a girl walking), and an insulting imitation of flatus,
is the “raspberry,” cut back from “raspberry tart.” Most slang, however, depends
upon incongruity of imagery, conveyed by the lively connotations of a novel term
applied to an established concept. Slang is not all of equal quality, a considerable
body of it reflecting a simple need to find new terms for common ones, such as
the hands, feet, head, and other parts of the body. Food, drink, and sex also
involve extensive slang vocabulary.
The most effective slang operates on a more sophisticated level and often
tells something about the thing named, the person using the term, and the social
matrix against which it is used. Pungency may increase when full understanding
of the term depends on a little inside information or knowledge of a term already
in use, often on the slang side itself.
Partridge (1933: 67) explains some characteristics as follows:
a. An element of humor is almost always present in slang, for
example to call ‘a hat’, people say ‘a lid’, because puts a hat and a
pot-lid are in the same class.
b. Nearly all slang consist of old words changed in form of far more
often, old words with new meaning or new shaded of meaning.
c. Metaphors are very vital and vivid slang, for example, angle-face
means boyish looking officer.
d. Slang delights to curtain (clip, abbreviate, shorten) words as in
monk for monkey, looney for lunatic, biz for business, var sity for
e. Violent terms, so common in slang. This requires less imagination
and less imagination and less delicacy of perception, for example,
terrible, terribly, awful, awfully, horrible, horribly.
In short, Shaw (1984: 23) describes the characteristic of slang into flippant
or eccentric humor, forced, fantastic, or grotesque meanings; novelty; attempts to
be vivid, fresh, pungent, and colorful.
2.1.4
The Creation of Slang
The formation slang word is no far different from how standard words
come into being. To see the similarities below Culpeper (1997: 29) list some ways
in which are formed:
a. By-affixation—adding affixer to form another word. Affixes are short
element, which usually do not exist as words in their own right, but are
tacked on to a root in order to form another word, e.g. undress, recall,
harmonies, foolish. In slang, the word is reconstituted (to misinterpret a
period of history).
b. Back formation—subtracting elements (often affixes) to form another
word. For example, the word editor appeared before the word edit. In
addition, the subtracting of the affix or gained the word edit, the verb
describing what the editor did. In slang, the word is kicker (a person of a
difficult temper, analogous to the act of kicking).
c. Compounding—combining words to form another word, for example,
newborn in slang, the word is junk head (a drug-addict).
- motor + hotel = motel;
- breakfast + lunch = branch;
- smoke + fog = smog.
In slang, the word is rugby + soccer = rugger (soccer played to rugby
rules).
e. Functional conversion—using one part of speech as another. For
example, consider to conversion of nouns into verbs: to hand in an
assignment. In slang the word is to leg it.
f. Clips—shortening a longer word (usually by removing syllables, for
example: pantaloons = pants, knickerbockers – knickers, and brassiere =
bra. In slang, the word is grad = graduate.
g. Acronyms—combining the initial letter of words or syllables. For
example, TB = tuberculosis, TV = television, andDIY = do it yourself. In
slang, the word is A.D. = a drink.
Although many slang words are created in those ways, but largely slang is
produce by social forced rather than by an individual speaker or writer. Civilized
society tends to divide into a dominant culture and various subcultures that
flourish within the dominant framework. The subcultures show specialization
linguistic phenomena, varying widely in form and content that depend on the
nature of the groups and their relation to each other and to the dominant culture.
The shock value of slang stems largely from the verbal transfer of the values of a
subculture to diametrically opposed values in the dominant culture. Names such
law. (The humorous “dickless tracy,” however, meaning a policewoman, was
coined by male policemen.)
Occupational groups are legion, and while in most respects they identify
with the dominant culture, there is just enough social and linguistic hostility to
maintain group solidarity. Terms such as scab, strike-breaker, company-man, and
goon were highly charged words in the era in which labor began to organize in the
United States; they are not used lightly even today, though they have been taken
into the standard language.
In addition to occupational and professional groups, there are many other
types of subcultures that supply slang. These include sexual deviants, narcotic
addicts, ghetto groups, institutional populations, agricultural sub societies,
political organizations, and the armed forces, Gypsies, and sports groups of many
varieties.
In criminal subcultures, pressure applied by the dominant culture
intensifies the internal forces already at work, and the argot forming there
emphasizes the values, attitudes, and techniques of the subculture. Criminal
groups seem to evolve about this specialized argot, and both the subculture and its
slang expressions proliferate in response to internal and external pressures.
2.1.5 Partridge’s Classifications of Slang
Partridge (1933: 27-30) divides slang according to the field where the
slang is used. It can be seen as follows:
1. Cockney Slang, well known as the slang of Londoners. The term 'Cockney'
style; though arguably the term only applies to phrases used in the East End
of London. This slang is characterized by a very pronounced accent. For
example: the change of th to f or v, as in fing for thing, farver for farther; the vowel-sound change from ou to ah as in abhat for about; and the most
marked change of vowel sound is that for ei for ai or ay as in dyly for daily.
In this type, words are written in they way they are pronounced, like
wassap? for what’s up?.
2. Public-House Slang, the characteristics of slang terms on this type are
cheery, materialistic, but not gross nor cynical, for example, boozer (a
public-house), second liker (another drink, the same as the first),
balloon-juice (soda-water), and pot o’bliss (a fine tall woman).
3. Workmen’s Slang, for example: brass, chips, dust, feathers, brads
(money); sheep’s foot (an iron hammer); Saint Monday (the favorite day of
the week); out of collar, want an apron (out of work); screw (salary); get a
sack (to be discharge), noisily talkative woman (church bell).
4. Tradesmen’s Slang; many of this type are now jargon, for example: bread
basket (belly), coal up (to feed), take a trip (giving up a job), chuck a
dummy (to faint), kick (to seek), real Kate (a kind matron).
5. The Slang of Commerce
;
the characteristic of this kind is to abbreviate the words, for example: deb. (debentures), ex div. (without the dividend), pref.(preference stock), circs. (circumstances), com. (commercial traveler), sec.
6. Publicity
,
characterized by catchy phrases and rhymes, for example: Don’t worry, use Sunlight (soap), That’s Kruschen feeling (Kruschen Salts),Grateful and comporting (Epp’s cocoa).
7. Journalism, a little humor is desired here, for example: The thunderer (The
Times), Mrs. Gamp (The Standard), fiery cross (warning of danger), jolly
utter (intolerable), penny gush (exaggerated writing).
8. Literary Critics, for example: Balaam-box (to fill up spaces in newspaper),
blue roses (something unobtainable), forest of fools (the world),
lamartinism (goody-goody writing), not enough written (insufficiently
polished in style), scripturience (the itch or rage for writing), sun-clear
(obvious).
9. Publishers and Printers
,
for example: mag (a magazine), O.P. (out of print), permanent pug (the door-porter), yellowbacks (cheap two shillingeditions of novels), to ghost (to write), to vet (to revise), bitched (ruined),
bridges and no grasses (secret), codocity (stupidity), cod. (a fool), grasses
(shouted, said), T.O. (turn over).
10. The Law
,
for example: six and eight pence (a solicitor-whose fee used often to amount to that sum), ambidexter (one that take fees from bothplaintiff and defendant), pettifogger (a little dirty attorney), crump (false
witnesses), trounce (to punish by course of law).
11. Medicine
,
initials, abbreviations, and euphemism are the characteristics of this type, as the tendency of medical persons to clothe their actions, words,and prescriptions in mystery, for example: D.D.A. (the Dangerous Drug
12. The Church, for example: candle shop (a broad church), dolly worship
(Roman Catholic religion), holy joe (the shallow, circular-crowed hat worn
by clergymen), taits (moderate clergymen).
13. Parliament and Politics, for example: cabbage garden patriots (cowards),
dish (to overcome), disguised public house (a workmen’s political club),
make all right (by promising to pay for a vote), old gang
(uncompromising), free breakfast table (free of duties), go on the dole (to
receive unemployment benefit), to axe (to cut down expenses).
14. Public Schools and Universities
,
schools and universities are the important source of slang. Mostly because students seem to feel an imperativenecessity to avoid everyday vocabularies like throw, put, run, etc. Rather,
they will use we bashed, give a biff, we swatted, etc. This kind of slang is
characterized by the addition of a hocus pocus syllable either to the
beginning or the end of every word like cutie from cute and sweetie from
sweet. Another characteristic is the addition of suffix –er to every sot of
word, as in fresher (freshman), Deaner (the Dean), brekker (breakfast),
leccer (lecture), eccer (exercise), canoer (cano), etc.
15. Society
,
novelty as leisure of society is the characteristics of this type. There arises a kind of special vocabulary, which is constantly changing withthe changing of fashions. But this fashionable kind of slang can be
16. Art
,
the artistic slang is fun. For example: artistic merit (a satirical way of saying that a portrait is flattering), signed all over (said of a good picturewhich instantly reveal its creator in every inch).
17. The Theater
,
characterized by apt and striking passage, for example: acting lady (an incapable actress), Early Turner (an inferior music-hall artist), tabs(an ageing woman).
18. Sports and Games, many slang words from this type have already
incorporated in standard speech, for example: bally (very large), do in (to
risk), rot-funk (panic), sitter (an extremely easy catch), tapped (hit), heavily
grassed (felled).
19. The Turf
,
this type is mostly about horse racing, for example: get right(trod cure horse), lifter (a horse much given to kicking), tinman (a
millionaire), up (riding), two-buckle horses (tubercular horses).
2.1.6
Slang as Language
Slang is used by all kinds of groups of people who share situations or
interests. The group which uses these words is always in the minority, and often
uses slang to set themselves apart or make it difficult for ordinary people to
understand them. When a particular new expression is known and used by a large
majority of the population, it is no longer slang, but part of the regular language or
Slang fulfills at least two different functions, depending on whose point of
view you take. For the groups that use slang, it is a way to set them apart, to
express them in a distinct and individual way, and sometimes to keep secrets from
being known by others. But for the society in general and the development of the
language, slang performs another role. For the language, slang is like a linguistic
laboratory, where new words and forms can be tested out, applied to a variety of
situations, and then either abandoned or incorporated into the regular language. It
is like a trial period for new words. If they allow people to say something that
cannot be said using traditional language, and a majority of people accept them,
then these words and expressions join their regular language.
Alfredo Niceforo (in Partridge, 1950: 6) even comprises all reason there
could be on why people speak slang into 15, they are:
a. In sheer high spirit, in playfulness or waggishness.
b. As an exercise either in wit and ingenuity or in humor.
c. To be different, to be novel.
d. To be picturesque (either positively or negatively)
e. To be unmistakably arresting, even startling.
f. To escape from clichés, or to be brief and concise.
g. To enrich the language.
h. To lend an air of solidity, concreteness, o the abstract.
i. (1) To lessen the sting of a refusal, a rejection, and a recantation; (2) To
reduce the solemnity, the excessive seriousness of a conversation (or of
piece of writing); (3) To soften the tragedy.
k. For ease of social intercourse (not to be confused or merged with the
preceding).
l. To induce either friendliness or intimacy of a deep or a durable kind (same
remarks).
m. To show that one belongs to a certain school, trade or profession, artistic
or intellectual set or social class.
n. To be secret.
o. Not to be understood by those around one.
2.1.7
Slang in Media
It is noteworthy that a huge proportion of current slang originates from just
a few areas, such as sex, the gay scene, the drug scene and the music scene; all
areas dominated by and important to adolescents and younger generations. Slang
lives in the specialized media of the young, such as CD booklets, songs and video
clips, magazines and Web sites. Through the media, young people enter fan
communities where they learn to incorporate certain forms of English into both
their speech and writing to show that they’re a part of youth culture. As a result,
slang and related resources have become a global code for youth worldwide
embedded in a local code — the national language. Words and phrases for groups
or music styles (rapper, east coast, gangsta), music production (sampler, loops),
or key cultural concepts (battle, freestyle, dissing, realness) are part and parcel of
youth culture everywhere.
In magazines, as well as in other written media, this technique is also
Style in writing refers to strategy writers use to achieve certain effect. Woodman
and Adler (1985: 217), Style is closely related the response the writer hopes to
evoke in the reader.
2.1.8
Music
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (2003: 818), Music is the
science or art of succession, in combination, and in temporal relationship to
produce a composition having unity and continuity; vocal, instrumental, or
mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony.
Hornby (1974: 557), Music is art of making pleasing combination of
sounds in rhythm, harmony, and counterpoint; the sounds and composition so
made; written and printed signs representing these sounds.
According to Wikipedia (the free Encyclopedia, internet research), Music
is a human expression in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or
tones and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre.
Genres of music are blues, classical, country, dub, electronic, electronic dance,
electronica, funk, gospel, hip hop, jazz, Latin American, melodic, pop,
progressive rock, rapcore, reggae, rap, rhythm and blues rock, ska.
Furthermore, according to Wikipedia (the free Encyclopedia, internet
research), Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and
poetry, one of the elements of hip hop music and culture. Rappers use double
entendres, alliteration, and other forms of wordplay that are also found in classical
According to Wikipedia (the free Encyclopedia, internet research), A
composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together') is a person who creates
music, usually in the medium of notation, for interpretation and performance
(which may be repeated an unlimited number of times) by other musicians. The
composer is the author of the music. Sometimes hey create music according to
their personal life and the choose words for lyrics according to their own language
of their society. Slang usually appears in the lyrics of songs because of the
influence of using daily or informal language and society where the composers
themselves live. The music that composers make can be heard through several
media; the most traditional way is to hear it live, in the presence, or as one of the
musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over the radio, television or the
internet.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III known as Slim Shady and his primary stage
name Eminem, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning American
rapper, record producer and actor. Having sold eighty million albums worldwide,
Eminem is one of the highest-selling rappers of all time.
2.2
Relevant Studies
I have consulted and read some information from some literatures and
from previous researchers which are relevant to the topic to support the analysis.
Some of them are quoted as follows:
Kreidler (1998) in “Introducing English Semantics” found that there are
dimensions of meaning; anything meaningful in a language is a linguistic
Partridge (1933) in “Slang Today and Yesterday” found that there are 19
divisions of slang. In this book the analysis of slang is according to the field
where the slang is used. The 19 divisions of slang are: Cockney Slang,
Public-House Slang, Workmen’s Slang, Tradesmen’s Slang, The Slang of Commerce,
Publicity, Journalism, Literary Critics, Publishers and Printers, The Law,
Medicine, The Church, Parliament and Politics, Public Schools and Universities,
Society, Art, The Theater, Sports and Game, and The Turf.
Arikunto (2002) in “Prosedur Penelitian: Suatu Pendekatan Praktek”
describes the methodology of research in social fields that can be follow in
analyzing linguistics. There are methods of analysis data, methods of collecting
data, population\and sample, etc.
Musdalifah (2004) in her thesis “A Semantic Analysis on the English
Slang in Lyrics of Song”, after analyzing the data of her research found that there
are no difficulties to find out the meaning of slang in the lyrics of songs, and the
dominant slang words used in the lyrics was “fuck” which 19,67% and the words
of slang most classify in Cockney Slang. This thesis is about classification of
slang based on Dalzell and Partridge theory. This thesis gives benefit for me
because I can follow the way she analyzed the songs.
Nasution (2007) in her thesis “A Semantic Analysis of the Use of Slang
and Idioms as found in Backstreet Boy’s Album”, the results of the research are
some idioms and slang are found in every lyric of songs; there were not too
difficult to find out the idioms and slang words in the lyric; and the dominant
dominant slang in the title song My Beautiful Woman as 10 (26,31%). This thesis
helps me in the method she analyzed the songs.
I conclude that I can follow some procedures that describes by the entire
researcher in doing my thesis. In theoretical framework I used books from Charles
W. Kreidler for semantics theory, Eric Partridge for slang theory, and Suharsimi
Arikunto for methodology theory. In analyzing the data, I follow the procedures
of analyzing which is used by Sri Handayani Nasution and Musdalifah in their
CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
3.1
Research Method
In this thesis, I apply library research to get supporting information related
to the topic of analysis. Nawawi (1933: 30) states that: “Penelitian kepustakaan
dilakukan dengan menghimpun data dari berbagai literatur baik di perpustakaan
maupun tempat-tempat lain.”
3.2
Population and Sample
3.2.1 Population
Arikunto (2002: 108) states that: “Populasi adalah keseluruhan subjek
penelitian” Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation (in Arikunto, 2002: 108), A
population is a set (or collection) of all elements possessing one or more attributes
of interest.
In this thesis, the population is the lyrics of songs which are from
Eminem’s album Curtain Call, released in 2005.
3.2.2 Sample
Arikunto (2002: 109), states that: “Sampel adalah sebagian atau wakil
populasi yang diteliti.” I choose random sampling in this thesis. According to
Arikunto (2002: 111),
Furthermore, Arikunto (2002: 112), describes that
“….jika jumlah subjeknya besar dapat diambil antara 10-15% atau 20-25% atau lebih, tergantung setidak-tidaknya dari: (a) kemampuan peneliti dilihat dari waktu, tenaga, dan dana; (b) sempit luasnya wilayah pengamatan dari setiap subjek, karena hal ini menyangkut banyak sedikitnya data; dan (c) besar kecilnya risiko yang ditanggung oleh peneliti. Untuk penelitian yang risikonya besar, tentu saja jika sampel besar, hasilnya akan lebih baik.”
According to the theory above, there are 15 songs in Curtain Call, but
only 10 songs will be the data sample (15 - 35% = 9,75), entitle: The Way I Am,
My Name Is, Shake That, The Real Slim Shady, Guilty Conscience, Cleanin’ Out My
Closet, Fack, Lose Yourself, Sing for the Moment, and When I’m Gone.
3.3
Method of Collecting Data
I apply documentation method in collecting the data. Arikunto (2002:
206), “Metode dokumentasi yaitu mencari data mengenai hal-hal atau variabel
yang berupa catatan, transkrip, buku, surat kabar, majalah, prasasti, notulen rapat,
lengger, agenda, dan sebagainya.”
In this thesis I consulted some literatures of semantics and slang such as
books, dictionaries, and thesis.
3.4
Method of Analyzing Data
One of the essential scientific studies in analyzing problems is to have the
method of analysis. The data will be analyzed by descriptive qualitative method.
Nazir (1985: 63), “Metode deskriptif adalah suatu metode dalam meneliti
status sekelompok manusia, suatu ovjek, suatu set kondisi, suatu sistem pemikiran
Whitney, (in Nazir, 1960:160), “Metode deskriptif adalah pencarian fakta dengan
interprestasi yang tepat.”
Arikunto (2002: 213) states that
“Dalam analisis data penelitian deskriptif, apabila datanya telah terkumpul, maka lalu diklasifikasikan menjadi dua kelompok data, yaitu data kuantitatif yang berbentuk angka-angka dan data kualitatif yang dinyatakan dalam kata-kata atau symbol. Data kualitatif yang berbentuk kata-kata tersebut disisihkan untuk sementara, karena akan sangat berguna untuk menyertai dan melengkapi gambaran yang diperoleh dari analisis data kuantitatif.”
The steps are as follow:
1. The lyrics of songs which browsed from the internet website will be
read comprehensibly.
2. Every slang words which found in the lyric will be underlined.
3. The meaning of slang words will be described based on in the slang
dictionary.
4. The slang words will be tabulated in tabulation data.
5. Dominant slang words will be identified in the lyrics.
6. The dominant slang will be calculated based on the following formula
(Bungin, 2005: 171-172):
n =
N x
x 100Note: n = The percentage of the dominant slang
= The dominant slang
xN = The total number of slang
CHAPTER IV
DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
4.1
Data Analysis
After reading comprehensibly all the lyrics of Eminem’s songs in Curtain
Call Album (10 songs) entitled: My Name Is, The Way I Am, Shake That, Cleanin’ Out
My Closet, Guilty Conscience, The Real Slim Shady, When I’m Gone, Sing for the
Moment, Lose Yourself, and Fack; which browsed and printed from the internet
website (www.azlyrics.com) and found out the slang in the lyric of Eminem’s
[image:36.595.114.512.389.749.2]song, I tabulated the slang in tabulation data as follow:
Table 1: Slang found in “My Name Is”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
1 My Name Is wanna
wanna
fucked up
Basehead
Cause
piss off
Tits
Smacked
Grass
Ass
Bitch
C'mere
Fuck
piss off
Flunk
Smacked
Nuts
Dick
Rapper
Dude
Fuck
ain't
Fuck
C'mere
Gonna
ain't
[image:37.595.113.512.84.246.2]Tits
Table 2: Slang found in “The Way I am”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
2 The Way I am beat up
Fuck
shut up
Weed
Shit
MC
Bizarre
Shit
gettin'
eatin'
freaks out
eatin'
feedin'
motherfuckin'
Prick
liftin'
liftin'
arguin'
arguin'
‘Cause
Rotten
‘em
Fuck
Bullshit
Dude
gettin'
Rap
Rap
burnin'
gonna
pigeon-holed
pop-py
cocky
wigger
fuckin'
fuckin'
hood
‘til
grabbin'
tearin'
drivin'
drivin'
racin'
pacin'
shit
standin'
[image:38.595.114.515.81.487.2]‘cause
Table 3: Slang found in “Shake That”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
3 Shake That ass
bumpin'
grindin'
grindin'
buzzed
fucked up
dick
fucked
shit
puke
bitch
shit
pussy
weed
ass
bitch
motherfucking
motherfuckers
‘em
ain't
ass
gonna
ass
‘cause
‘bout
butt
wanna
‘bout
‘bout
fuck
ass
ass
ass
ass
ass
ass
ass
ass
bitches
finna
finna
butt
fuck
butt
bitch
freaky
freak
ass
c'mon
ass
ass
ass
ass
c'mon
ass
ass
‘bout
butt
wanna
poppin
bout
bout
ass
bumpin'
grindin'
grindin'
ain't
leavin'
[image:40.595.116.514.81.468.2]bitch
Table 4: Slang found in “Cleanin’ Out My Closet”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
4 Cleanin' Out My Closet motherfuckin'
explodin'
‘em
goin'
takin'
nothin'
‘em
breathin'
kickin'
ass
mornin'
takin'
‘em
ya'
ain't
cleanin'
cleanin'
sellin'
faggot
fuckin'
leavin'
dumb
‘em
shit
y'all
cleanin'
cleanin'
diss
dissin'
witnessin'
poppin'
bitchin'
goin'
shits
missin'
‘til
ya'
gettin'
gonna
phoney
bitchin'
tellin'
bitch
fuckin'
shit
cleanin'
Table 5: Slang found in “Guilty Conscience”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
5 Guilty Conscience shit
gotta
gotta
motherfuckin'
gaffle
cribs
damn
fuck
shit
bitch
shit
fuck
bitch
fuck
shit
c'mon
gonna
shit
kissin'
smearin'
gotta
bitch
fuck
bitch
ain't
shit
wanna
hauled off
fuck
shit
bail
fuck
braethin'
fuck
cheatin'
dude
tryin'
fuck
slittin'
bitch
shit
dick
wanna
gonna
what'chu
I'ma
motherfucker
comin'
outta
y'all
fuck
gonna
‘cause
fuck
sayin'
[image:43.595.118.513.82.471.2]‘em
Table 6: Slang found in “The Real Slim Shady”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
6 The Real Slim Shady gonna
y'all
whoopin'
ass
throwin'
walkin'
grabbin'
flippin'
goin'
wanna
bum
ain't
hump
‘cause
gotta
raps
fuck
fuck
damn
em
bitch
blast
cuss
fuck
‘cause
givin'
y'all
gotta
shit
rappers
‘cause
goin'
nursin'
pinchin'
ass
jackin'
lurkin'
parkin'
fuck
outta
outta
‘cause
‘cause
‘cause
‘cause
Table 7: Slang found in “When I’m Gone”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
7 When I'm Gone gotta
ain't
gonna
gotta
pushin'
ain't
ain't
withcha
fuckin'
cuz
‘em
‘em
leavin'
‘em
‘em
screamin'
rap
cock
pop
ringin'
[image:45.595.115.511.531.754.2]singin'
Table 8: Slang found in “Sing for the Moment”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
8 Sing for the Moment fuckin'
walkin'
whacked
talkin'
talkin'
do-rags
c'mon
c'mon
changin'
intertwinin'
homie
‘cause
mothafucka
fuck
standin'
rappin'
havin'
kissin'
ass
dime
wanna
listenin'
signin'
fuckin'
shit
fuck
c'mon
c'mon
cock
dude
totin'
‘cause
shit
cool
knowin'
protectin'
shit
affectin'
fucked up
ain't
fuckin'
fuckin'
rap
shit
till
wishin'
nothin'
fuckin'
shit
‘cause
c'mon
c'mon
c'mon
[image:47.595.113.511.85.226.2]c'mon
Table 9: Slang found in “Lose Yourself”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
9 Lose Yourself slip
forgettin'
choking
snap
Rabbit
choked
dope
schmoe
dove
nada
I'ma
motherfucking
stepwritin'
‘cause
goddam
wanna
[image:47.595.111.515.208.702.2]motherfucking
Table 10: Slang found in “Fack”
No. SONG TITLE SLANG
10 Fack damn
gonna
facckin'
cum
fack
fack
fack
fuck
cum
cumming
shit
bitch
damn
dick
bitch
cum
fucks
fuck
gonna
cum
rubbers
fuckin'
fuck
gonna
fucking
fack
gonna
fucking
cum
damn
gonna
facckin'
cum
shit
fack
Fack fack
fack
cum
cumming
fucking
hot
hot
wanna
facking
fack
fuck
fack
fack
fack
fack
fack
facking
freak
freaky
horny
fuckin'
babe
wanna
fack damn
gonna
cum
damn
gonna
facckin'
cum
shit
fack
fack
fack
fack
cum
cumming
ain't
gonna
cum
ass
gay
boobs
boobs
tube
butt
asshole
cumming
fack
fuck
stuck
fucking
damn
gonna
facckin'
cum
shit
fack
fack
fack
fack
cum
cumming
ass
tube
ass
tube
ass
tube
ass
tube
4.2
Findings
After found out the slang in each lyric of 10 songs, I will tabulated the
Table 11: Total Slang in Each Song
No.
Song Title
Slang
1 My Name Is 28
2 The Way I am 48
3 Shake That 71
4 Cleanin' Out My Closet 48
5 Guilty Conscience 58
6 The Real slim Shady 47
7 When I'm Gone 21
8 Sing for the Moment 57
9 Lose Yourself 17
10 Fack 111
Total
506
I describe the meaning of slang based on slang dictionary and calculated
the total slang in the tabulation data below:
Table 12: Total Slang and Meaning
NO. SLANG TOTAL MEANING
1 wanna 11 want to
2 fucked up 3
(Taboo; usually objectionable) Ruined, broken; distressed, mentally disturbed.
3 basehead 1
Someone who is using free base, a form of cocaine; someone who is on drug.
4 cause 15 because
5 piss off 2 Indignation; angry, upset or depressed
6 tits 2
A woman's breast
An imbecile, an objectionable person. A push-button
7 smacked 2
A blow; a slap; to kiss; on the drug heroin, or occasionally, just generally on drugs.
8 grass 1
Drugs; An informer; Marijuana; To inform (on), betray.
9 ass 31
The buttocks; An objectionable person; A mistake, a poor job; Expressing anger or frustration.
A contemptible woman; A woman.
Derog/Offens; A girlfriend. Derog/Offens;
[image:51.595.114.528.405.756.2]complains.
11 c'mere 2 come here
12 fuck 28
To copulate.
To tire out, to break, to ruin, to destroy. Sexual intercourse.
An exclamation of annoyance, frustration or surprise.
13 flunk 1
to fail an examination, to give a student failing grade
14 nuts 1
(Taboo, usually objectionable) the testicles; To head butt.
An insane or eccentric person; Derog
15 dope 2
A stupid person. Derived from dopey; General term for a narcotic drug; Excellent, great.
16 rapper 2 a person who converses and chats
17 dude 4 a man; fellow; a dapper man; a male friend; a guy
18 ain't 12
am not; is not; are not; has not; have not; was not; were not; does not; do not
19 gonna 19 going to
20 beat up 1 visibly worn; shabby
21 shut up 1 to be quite
22 weed 2
tobacco; a ciggarette; a marijuana ciggarette (drugs)
23 shit 29
Faeces; An act of defecation; A contemptible person; Rubbish, nonsense, a bad thing; Cannabis or marijuana; Miscellaneous items.
An exclamation of frustration or anger.
24 mc 1 a master of ceremony
25 bizarre 1 an entertainer; veteran of show business
26 gettin' 3 getting
27 eatin' 2 eating
28 feedin' 1 feeding
29 motherfuckin' 6 nasty; accursed; disgusting
30 prick 1
a disable person; especially a man; obnoxious wretch (bastard;; asshole)
31 liftin' 2 lifting
32 arguin' 2 arguing
33 rotten 1 nasty; deplorable; inept and bungled
34 em 12 them
35 bullshit 1
36 rap 6 repartee; to chat a rap song
37 tearin' 1 tearing
38 drivin' 2 driving
39 burnin' 1 burning
40 pigeon-holed 1 to classify; identify
41 pop-py 1
Money; resembling "pop music" rather than rock 'n roll
42 cocky 1
a friend; crazy; all wrong; weird; the penis (Taboo, usually objectionable)
43 wigger 1
A white person who so admires Black culture, lifestyle and fashions, that they adopt aspects of it for themselves.
44 fuckin' 12
An act of sexual intercourse; A general intensifier.
45 hood 1 neighborhood
46 till 4 until
47 grabbin' 2 grabbing
48 racin' 1 racing
49 pacin' 1 pacing
50 standin' 2 standing
51 explodin' 1 exploding
52 goin' 4 going
53 takin' 2 taking
54 nothin' 2 nothing
55 breathin' 2 breathing
56 kickin' 1 kicking
57 mornin' 1 morning
58 an' 1 and
59 ya' 2 you
60 cleanin' 6 cleaning
61 sellin' 1 selling
62 faggot 1
A repellent male; A homosexual male. Derog. On the gay scene meaning a 'camp' effeminate male homosexual.
63 leavin' 3 leaving
64 dumb 1
stupid; mentally sluggish; A stupid, slow-witted person.
65 y'all 4 you all
66 diss 1 to show disrespect; insult by slighting
68 witnessin' 1 witnessing
69 poppin' 2 popping; to kill someone's
70 bitchin' 2 prostitutes
71 missin' 1 missing
72 phoney 1 not real or genuine; false; fake
73 tellin' 1 telling
74 bumpin' 2 bumping
75 grindin' 4 grinding
76 buzzed 1 a thrill
77 dick 3
(Taboo, usually objectionable) the penis; A contemptible person.
78 fucked 1 fuck; to curse; to copulate with someone
79 puke 1 To vomit.
80 chunks 1 Attractive; Mainly teen speak.
81 pussy 1
The female genitals, alluding to the inclusion of the pubic hairs; Women/woman, viewed as sexual objects.
A cat. {Informal}; A feeble or weak willed person.
82 motherfucker 2
(Taboo, usually objectionable) a detestable person; bastard; as admirable or prodigious person
83 bout 6 about
84 butt 5 the buttocks; rump; ass
85 bitches 1 prostitutes
86 finna 2 find
87 freaky 2 strange; eccentric
88 freak 2 strange; eccentric
89 c'mon 11 come on
90 gotta 7 going to
91 gaffle 1 to steal something
92 cribs 1
a location where thieves gather to plot; a dwelling for thieves, prostitutes, etc.; house.
93 damn 8
to curse; nothing, very little, an exclamation of disappointment; irritation; frustration, etc.
94 kissin' 2 Kissing
95 smearin' 1 Smearing
96 hauled off 1 to launch an attack; to arrest someone
97 bail 1
98 cheatin' 1 Cheating
99 tryin' 1 Trying
100 slittin' 1 Slitting
101 what'chu 1 what you
102 I'ma 2 I am
103 comin' 1 Coming
104 outta 3 out of
105 sayin' 1 Saying
106 whoopin' 1 Whooping
107 throwin' 1 Throwing
108 walkin' 2 Walking
109 flippin' 1 Flipping
110 bum 2 the buttocks
111 hump 1
To move or go; slog; To copulate. The word implies a certain insensitive awkwardness To shift something awkwardly; Sexual intercourse; A bad mood.
112 blast 1 an exciting party; a thrill; a verbal attack
113 cuss 1 because; cousin
114 givin' 1 Giving
115 nursin' 1 Nursing
116 pinchin' 1 Pinching
117 jackin' 1 jacking; exciting; upset; to meddle with 118 lurkin' 1 lurking; to ride about looking for sex partners
119 parkin' 1 Parking
120 pushin' 1 Pushing
121 withcha 1 with you
122 cuz 1 Because
123 screamin' 1 Screaming
124 cock 2
(Taboo, usually objectionable) the penis; vagina; A term of address, usually affectionate
Rubbish, nonsense.
125 pop 1 shoot someone with gun
126 ringin' 1 Ringing
127 singin' 1 Singing
128 whacked 1
tired out; exhausted; ugly; messed up; freak; crazy; strange; worn out. {Informal}
129 talkin' 2 Talking
131 cool 1
ok; relax; good; excellent; unabashed, unruffled; smooth
132 do-rags 1 a cloth or scarf worn over; a processed hair do
133 knowin' 1 Knowing
