TABOO AND SWEAR WORDS IN HEARTBREAK HIGH SERIES

This study aims to identify the types of taboo and swear words and analyze their
realization by the main characters in the Heartbreak High Series. This study
utilizes a descriptive qualitative method, extracting data from the series, in the
form of utterances, dialogues, and conversations that contain taboo and swear
words. The findings revealed that four types of taboo words found in the
Heartbreak High series realized by the main characters: lavatory (28%), private
parts of the body (11%), religion (9%), sexual activity (43%), with an additional
(9%) that does not align with Swan’s theory (1995). Additionally, this study
categorizes swear words in the series into two categories. First are strong swear
words, and second is weak swear words. Strong swear words consist of
exclamations of annoyance (17%), exclamations of surprise (8%), exclamations of
unconcern (2%), insults (33%), insulting request to go away (9%), emphasize an
emotion (25%), surprise question (5%) and violent refusal/rejection (1%). Weak
swear words consist of exclamations of annoyance (18%), exclamations of
surprise (46%), and exclamations of emotion (36%). The emotional conditions of
the main characters while using the swear words are joy, surprise, sadness, anger,
fear, and hatred.