Euphemism and Dysphemism in CNN Indonesia Youtube Comments and Their Relevance to Language Education

Abstract

Technological changes are advancing. One of the media currently trending is Youtube. Youtube can be used to convey opinions in the viewed video commentary column. This research has several purposes: (1) describing the euphemism in the video commentary column of Anies Baswedan falling posted on the Indonesia CNN Youtube channel. (2) Describing dysphemism in the video comment column of Anies Baswedan falling posted on the Indonesia CNN Youtube channel. 3) Describing the relevance of research toward language users. This study applied a qualitative method with secondary and primary data sources. Data collection techniques involved listening and note-taking. Speech analysis using the equivalent method was employed to analyze the data. The results unveiled three euphemism comments in abbreviations: BPJS, KPK, DKI. Two forms of euphemism of foreign terms, namely crystal clear and bullshit, were also discovered. Two idiomatic phrases were also identified: meja hijau and tikus berdasi. The dysphemism was found in the four speech words: terjerat, mampus, modiyar, jongos, and one speech phrase of otak bobrok.