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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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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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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" p, |# ~" H7 x' g: I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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$ |2 v+ u5 ^# Q9 y  i% P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
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# }6 K) o& r" u' ?8 THad a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
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(saw it)
You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
; q; L, n+ z0 i4 p  EAll of the other reindeer
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3 X  P- g, Y$ |8 DUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
7 u4 j; E1 S) `They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
  s8 |' b$ b: a" W! y! \& GSanta came to say
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
* \+ p% t- l  y; hThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)