请问什么叫name calling

雲吞

字典上说，name calling的一个主要的含义是verbal abuse
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Xbfeng

给别人起带有污辱性的绰号叫做Name Calling。

sweatheart

简单的说是骂人吗

失落的我

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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

! \- j- q  L# e  c% W1 Z: b) q, p我这个气啊，输就输了，骂人干什么。

三思

就是起外号，比如小四眼啥的。名词，表示这个行为。

著名圣诞歌曲红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫，就是典型的name calling. 歌词中有一句“Used to laugh and call him names” 就是起外号的动词形式，注意，叫谁的名字是call sb's name, 但是call sb names就是起外号了。

btw,这是我最喜欢的一首圣诞歌曲，我觉得all of the other reindeer赤裸裸的势利眼形象太可爱了！
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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% c/ }4 o, D  z- n0 c$ y) FYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
9 u% a3 E# B# d9 E( F% m6 r8 OThey never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)

. B" m7 A+ c3 B* X0 VThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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+ ?5 u9 `& V2 |+ k6 ~4 {. R! dRudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
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4 X: y4 Q1 e0 Z: M3 K"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
' ~$ u2 @1 z. ^0 f/ u9 D3 S4 OYou'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)