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This study explores the use of slang in the first episode of Season 1 of the television series Ginny & Georgia, focusing on identifying the types of slang employed by the characters and interpreting their meanings within conversational contexts. The research applies a descriptive qualitative approach, utilizing Allan and Burridge’s (2006) theory to categorize slang types and Leech’s (1981) theory of meaning to analyze their meanings. The analysis reveals five categories of slang: Fresh and Creative, Flippant, Imitative, Acronyms, and Clipping, with Flippant slang emerging as the most frequently used. Each slang term is examined for its contextual meaning, uncovering various types of meanings such as Conceptual, Connotative, Social, Affective, and Reflective Meanings. Based on the findings, Affective Meaning appears most prominently, reflecting the characters’ emotional tones and interpersonal dynamics. While some types of meanings like Collocative and Thematic Meaning were absent, the findings underscore how slang in the series operates beyond casual speech, serving as a linguistic tool to express identity, emotion, and cultural nuance.

This study examines the toponymy of hamlets in Panggungharjo village located in Bantul district, Yogyakarta. This study aims to understand the meaning, origin of the names of hamlets in Panggungharjo village, their morphological processes and their implications in the context of local culture. Using qualitative methods, this study collected data through interviews with community leaders and through existing literature reviews. This study also does not exclude information from the official village website. This study found that the naming of hamlets in Panggungharjo village showed the influence of reflection of the manifestation aspect found in five hamlets and the societal aspect found in nine hamlets. This study also found morphological processes that occurred in the toponymy of hamlets in Panggungharjo village, namely affixation, repetition (reduplication), compounding, abbreviation (acronym), and changes in sounds, both vowels and consonants. The results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between culture and naming, namely culture is one of the factors influencing the naming of hamlets in Panggungaharjo sub-district.

Language allows us to communicate, teach, learn, and maintain culture. Each language has specific grammatical rules and vocabulary, which reflect the values, norms and beliefs of the society that uses it. A dynamic language does not rule out the possibility that more and more users will become creative. However, it is important to remember that changes that are too rapid will have an impact on the continuity of the language itself. This research aims to identify the use of acronyms in prokem language or slang. The research results show that acronyms are increasingly commonly used in everyday life. Acronyms are used to save time and space, and to simplify messages. However, excessive or unclear use of acronyms can confuse readers and hinder understanding of the message. For this reason, there is a need for guidance regarding this acronym.

This research is trying to show the way slang words are formed and what they mean, especially abbreviations and acronyms. It also explains the different types of meanings slang can have. This study uses the same method. The information is in sentences and words on the Instagram page called @mimi.peri. The ways of collecting information are watching, noting, and keeping it in written records. This study discovered that the Instagram account @mimi.peri uses informal language in brief sentences. Slang words are often studied by people who research language. This research had 20 informal language examples. There are three different types of slang words. You can use three types of words: regular slang words, acronyms, and abbreviations.

This research focuses on the research objective of uncovering the taboo language acronym BH from the perspective of Islamic education, by tracing the background of the language, then focusing on how new meanings are generated where specific searches have not revealed them. This article uses a qualitative approach to describe, analyze, and interpret forms of taboo language with an emphasis on analyzing the context. The results of the study found that BH is an acronym by shortening it in the form of a combination of letters with a euphemism approach, namely the use of expressions to soften words to replace taboo language so as to produce a new word. The function of the new word is intended to soften the word so that the taboo element does not become dominant. Refining words in order to avoid harsh taboos is in accordance with the essence of Islamic education, where a Muslim is ordered to say good things, and avoid dirty and harsh words. The implications of research on the need to refine taboo essence requires more specific research. Research contributes to Islamic education regarding strategies to avoid taboo languages.