This study is focused on the euphemism used by the characters in Shakespeare in Love Movie Script. The movie script tells about the story around fictional character of infamous man for English development, William Shakespeare. The plot revolves around the making of Shakespeare’s popular drama entitled Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s love affairs, friendship and the life of people in Elizabethan era. By using qualitative method, this study aimed to answer the following questions. The first question is which types of euphemism are found from Shakespeare in Love movie script and the second research question is what functions of euphemism are applied in the data found from Shakespeare in Love movie script. The result of the analysis using Warren’s model of euphemism theory showed that there were six types euphemism expressed by the characters and they were implication, metonym, particularization, rhyming slang, onomatopoeia and metaphor. The result of the second question using Burridge’s functions of euphemism theory showed that the characters used five out of six functions of euphemism. They were protective euphemism, cohesive euphemism, ludic euphemism, provocative euphemism and underhand euphemism. The type of euphemism preferred by the characters was implication while the function of euphemism mainly used was protective euphemism. The data found was from ten characters that had different kind of social background and class. It became a big discovery that euphemism was not majorly used for well-educated people but also people who live in lower class.
Key words: euphemism, Shakespeare in Love