TY - JOUR AU - Mulyani, Wahyu AU - Sarujin, Sarujin AU - Puspitaningrum, Ari Cahya PY - 2022 TI - BAHASA GAUL SEBAGAI MEDIA KOMUNIKASI BUDAYA DI ZAMAN MILENIAL JF - SEMIOTIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra dan Linguistik; Vol 23 No 2 (2022): SEMIOTIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra dan Linguistik DO - 10.19184/semiotika.v23i2.30212 KW - N2 - This study aims to discuss (1) adolescent slang in the form of abbreviations in the WhatsApp (WA) group of national-level short story writing competitions, (2) youth slang in the form of words in the WA group, and (3) slang as a medium of cultural communication in the millennial era. The research method uses qualitative methods. The research data were taken from two WA groups in the national-level short story writing competition. Data collection techniques using listening and tapping techniques. The time used for data collection is half a year, from July 2021 to December 2021. The results show ten forms of abbreviations and fifteen forms of words. Ten forms of abbreviations used by teenagers in chatting in the WA group of nationallevel short story writing competitions have variety, including abbreviations in English and Indonesian. The fifteen-word forms used by teenagers in chatting in the group also varied; nine words came from English, six words came from Indonesian, there were variations in Indonesian words whose spellings were reversed (from the middle and behind), and There were two Jakarta dialect words. These findings represent adolescent self-identity. Communication in the form of chatting is a youth culture, so there is a national-level short story writing competition in the WA group, which feels that teenagers tend to use slang. The number of English teenagers use in cultural communication shows that they want to be seen as modern and cool. By being looked at like that, teenagers feel happy and proud because they feel they are not out of date. The findings from the study show that millennial youth have creativity in communicating through abbreviations and variations of English to represent the context of contemporary culture that is modern, cool, and proud. UR - https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/SEMIOTIKA/article/view/30212