Fleksibilitas Kata "F" dalam The Wolf of Wall Street
The Flexibility of The "F" Word in The Wolf of Wall Street
The "f" word has been known and spoken by many people for centuries, but the survival and continuing use can still sound shocking. Why can it be "Get the fuck out" when you expel someone? And why does it have to be "She's fucking beautiful!" when seeing a really beautiful person? Which means it is flexible. Flexibility is the ability of something to fit in any situation. Parting the “f” word (fuck) from its taboo nature can reveal more deeply about its use; it is found that the “f” word is not always used in negative terms on a daily basis. This study is purposed to elaborate the word element and the function of the “f” word in detail. Thus, the research applies qualitative type of research and use documentation technique. The frameworks are from Amrullah (2016) and Wang (2013) to discuss further that the “f” word can be flexible in terms of word elements and their function in this study. The result of the study showed there were six different types of word elements, namely adjective, adverb, infix, interjection, noun, and verb and four functions of “f” swear words including for emphasizing some expression, showing emotion, showing solidarity, insulting something or someone, as an element of humor.