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

但不明白为什么叫name calling

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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call sb's name。
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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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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。
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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。
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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)
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% z9 b2 ~; b, T( J7 mAnd if you ever saw it
4 \. x/ o, L- j: }# Q, E4 l" ]! a(saw it)
7 V' P& A  n4 ^# JYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
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They never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
7 ]3 h7 a0 [% TWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
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. @3 I" f8 H; E7 p' J"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
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