Verbal Humor Found in Ajo Buset Songs and Nedi Gampo Songs.

Humor is a kind of communication phenomenon in which a person is ableto see a funny side that can make him or her laugh. Verbal humor is a humor thatexpressed verbally. The purpose of this research is to analyze the type of verbalhumor using the theory of Shade (1996). The researcher used descriptivequalitative method. The data were collected by downloading Ajo buset and Nedigampo songs, listening them repeatedly, identifying and putting them into table.The data were also analyzed by classifying the data, analyzing the data, decidingthe research findings, and drawing the conclusion. The result in this researchthere are 37 verbal humor found in Ajo buset songs: pun (31,58%), satire(7,88%), parody (2,63%), Anecdote (10,52%), Irony (10,52%), Sarcasm(13,16%), tall tale (21,01%) and 30 verbal humor found in Nedi gampo songs:pun (26,67%), satire (36,67%), sarcasm (23,33%), and tall tale (13,33%). Then,there are 4 differences found between Ajo buset songs and Nedi gampo songs.First, Ajo buset songs are more modern than Nedi gampo songs. Second, Ajobuset songs make people laugh without purposes, while Nedi gampo songs givesocial critics. Third, Ajo buset songs used many exaggeration and Nedi gamposongs used less exaggeration. Last, Ajo buset songs are more creative than Nedigampo songs. The research conclude that sometimes humor has another purposes,for example to gives a critic, to mock at someone, etc.