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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' f( }  c2 m+ Z/ X4 v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)
Had a very shiny nose
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7 I/ J) Z6 O* g3 Y0 I5 zAnd if you ever saw it
(saw it)
2 l4 ?" Q4 i4 v: u* H7 EYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
7 z- F+ S) ?. `- H, F  zAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
; v  w0 Y- C$ _% gUsed to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
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/ G; c5 M/ Z; p& b2 u8 RThen one foggy Christmas Eve
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Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
; k( ?% A& G) F4 G1 b% e* [9 @And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
. G- `2 E7 B" ~! c% i. M2 h) F# d"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)