Eglish Slang Words Used by The Characters in "Deadpool II" Movie Script

The purposes of this study are to classify the English slang words and to analyze the reasons of using slang words by the characters in “Deadpool II” movie script. The data of this research are words that categorized as slang words. The source of data is “Deadpool II” movie script. This is descriptive qualitative research. The objects are the types of slang words and the reasons of using slang words. The documentation is the method to collect the data. This study used the theory by Allan & Burridge (2006) and Patridge (1950) to analyze the data. Based on the analysis, the findings of this research are 30 data of the types of slang words and thirteen reasons of using slang words. The types of slang words are 8 data of clipping, 8 data of imitative, 5 data of fresh & creative, 8 data of flippant, and 1 data of acronym. Then, the researcher also found that there are thirteen reasons of using slang words, they are to share a high spirit (5 ), to exercise for wit cleverness in humor (2), to be an identity (2), to avoid negativity (1), to avoid a seriousness situation (5), to make a statement shorten and clear (1), to stressing some words (2), to give a refusal or rejection (3), to entertain someone at daily conversation (2), to ease the social relations (3), to declare a friendly statement of intimacy (2), to establish a contact in social class (1), to be a secret (1).