Impoliteness Strategies Inflicted by Twitter Users: The Case of Interaction with Malaysian Royal Family

The language used in Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) has been a debated issue for long time. Ever since the normalisation of this method communication, interaction going on only between common people, resulting more expressive and direct communication process. However, recently, elites royalties have also come into CMC platforms which causes confusion people royalties. Therefore, it leads to clash social media. This study aims analyse impoliteness strategies by Twitter users expressing their resentment towards using theory introduced Culpeper 1996. 442 tweets that represent gathered through purposive sampling method. Based analysis, most popular strategy is off-record (75), followed sarcasm (55), Negative Impoliteness (41), Bald record (39) positive (32). findings show although are expressive, they tend resort subtle approach express