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CONCLUSION 

 

 

This paper examines what the reason of using English slang word is, finding out how they 

acquire English slang, and also finding out the most common

 

type of English slang words that they 

know and use in informal communication. The result of the analysis shows that there are some reasons 

for them in using English slang, 66,67% (20 respondents) say that it’s to cut down the time when 

talking, texting, or tweeting, 30% (9 respondents) say that it’s fun to figure out new ways to say things 

and 3,33% (1 respondent) say that it makes it harder for others to figure out what he is saying. In 

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acquiring English slang words, TV and Film are the main source that 46,67% (14 respondents) use, 

besides 33,33% (10 respondents) use internet (social media), 13,33% (4 respondents) source them 

from  friend’s chat and 6,67% (2 respondents) source them from popular music. The English slang 

word which is mostly known and used by the respondents is acronym. Besides, the new insight of the 

pre-existing words is the second most common kind of English slang words written by the 

respondents.