Intan Juwita Ahmad. 321418120. 2023. “An Analysis of Taboo Words in Megan Thee Stallion Songs”. Skripsi. English Language Education Study Program. Faculty of Letter and Culture. State University of Gorontalo. Advisor (1) Dr. Hanisah Hanafi, M.Pd (2) Dr. Usman Pakaya, S.S., M.A. This study analyzed taboo words in Megan Thee Stallion songs. Taboo words is forbidden to talk about is connected or dealing of something that must be avoided. Taboo words are also used in the media especially a song. Some songs contain taboo words in their lyrics. It is critical to understand the function of taboo words used in song lyrics in order to avoid misuse and gain a better understanding of the moral value of the song. This qualitative research addressed the types of taboo words in Megan Thee Stallion songs. Besides, the data was collected by using the note-taking method by collect the data by the script of song lyrics, makes a data about taboo words that are found in Megan Thee Stallion songs, and analyzed the types of taboo words in songs lyric. The data was analyzed based on Battistella (2005) about the types of taboo words. The researcher uses songs in “Fever” album as the object of the research. The researcher discovered about 166 taboo words in the eight songs on the fever album. However, the researcher uses 21 data as illustrative example of taboo words for analysis purposes. The first type is characterized by epithets (74), profanity (2), vulgarity (38), and obscenity (52). According the data, epithet was the most commonly used type of taboo words in song lyrics. It because there are many expressions involving slurs words in the lyrics of the song which have derogatory meaning to insult other people connected to race/ethnicity group, gender, sexuality, one’s appearance. This researcher hoped that readers and song lovers would avoid misusing taboo words that may appear in daily conversations and song lyrics. Keywords: Taboo words, Sociolinguistics, Megan Thee Stallion, Song.