Farida, NurAuzarFaizah, Hasnah2014-01-202014-01-202014-01-20wahyu sari yenihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5277This Research study about euphemism that use in editorial of Kompas newspaper. There are 3 aspects that is axamined (1) form of euphemism, (2) the function of euphemism, and (3) the meaning of euphemism. The purpose of this study is to describe (1) form of euphemism, (2) the function of euphemism, and (3) the meaning of euphemism in editorial of Kompas newspaper. This study use descriptive method. This research use the qualitative data. The data consist of word and the form of word that using eufemism, while data source is obtained from rubric opinion of January edition until June 2012 amounting to 47 editorial of Kompas newspaper. Result of this research shall be as follows. Form of the euphemism (1) figurative expressions, (2) flippancy, (3) circumlocution, (4) acronym, (5 )one for one substation, and (6) hyperbole; euphemism function (1) greeting and naming, (2) expressing the way of euphemism used, and (3) expressing situation; and meaning used in analysing is denotation and konotasieneuphemismeditorialkompasUR-Scientific Work Lecturer