This research is aimed at findingthe euphemismsused by John and Sherlock in Sherlock serial TV season 3 and explaining their meanings. The analysis of euphemism is conducted by using Rawson’s theory (1981) while the meaning is explained with Leech’s theory (1985) and Hyme’s Theory of context (as cited in Brown 1983). In conducting this research the writer usesqualitative method and descriptive analysis technique for data analysis. The data are collected by watchingall episodes of Sherlock season 3and taking notes of dialogues that might contain euphemismand then compiling them in one word file. After analyzing Sherlock serial TV season 3, the writer found three types of euphemism used by John, they are:indirection (3), abstraction (2), and circumlocution (2); and those euphemisms are classified into three typesof meaning; affective (5), conceptual (2), and social (1).The writer found four types of euphemism used by Sherlock, they are:indirection (4), abstraction (2), circumlocution (1), and borrowing (1); and those euphemisms are classified into three typesof meaning; affective (3), conceptual (3), social (2).

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