SLANG WORDS USED IN OLIVIA RODRIGO SONG LYRICS IN THE ALBUM OF SOUR

The study deals with slang word analysis selected in Olivia Rodrigo song lyrics on
Sour album. The purposes of this study were to analyze the types and the meaning
of the slang words found in song lyrics as well as to find the dominant slang words
found in song lyrics. The research was descriptive-qualitative analysis which
analyzed using Allan and Burridge’s theory (2006). The data were analyzed by
identifying the song into four types of process, classifying the word in each type of
slang, analyzing the data into the slang words. The result of the study was found 48
data of slang words. They were divided into five types; in the Fresh and Creative
type (20 slang words), 13 are in the Flippant type, 6 in Imitative type, 9 in the
Clipping type, and there is nothing in Acronym type. The researcher found the most
dominant type of slang namely Fresh and Creative type. The writer was realized
that the words were the slang word which was found in Olivia Rodrigo song lyrics
on Sour album by reading all the lyrics in detail, understand the entire context and
then analyzing the word by trying find the correct word or the real meaning, then
the researcher can decided the word was called as slang word.
Keywords: Slang Words, Song, Lyrics