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The used of slang word have become more common thing in our daily life. Many people such as children, teenager, and adult have their own slang. The used of slang become popular because of the slang word is easy to understand and it can give a deep impression to the listeners. Not only in daily conversation, the used of slang also can be found in a movie. The used of slang word in movie industry have become more popular. It is because slang word can express the strong emotion of the characters and it can give emotional impact to the audience. According to As H. Bradley (1994) the used of slang word in movie is very important. It is because nobody will be satisfied when they only can explain one thing, therefore, we can substitute it by using fantastic word like slang and it can make the conversation more interesting. The used of slang word is needed because slang word is informal word and it can use to express our true feeling. According to …show more content…

The use of slang word is not only popular in informal daily conversations by common people but it also used by gambler, drug user or narcotic addict, criminal, gangster, and so forth. In 1970s, slang word was mostly used by drug user in order to avoid the involvement of other people. The drug user will make their own slang to disguise the name of their drugs. It shows that slang has many different varieties which resulting many type of slang word. In general, slang word is considered as very informal language and mostly use in daily conversation. Not only that, the use of slang word also can be found in movie industry. English from movie is much more like the real spoken English used by the native speaker. By that reason, the use of slang word in movie is very interesting to study and it will give the additional information about new word or speech in English and the true meaning of slang word that used in movie. Slang word will be more interesting when studied

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