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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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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8 B4 E9 Y& z3 E% u# R0 s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。
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6 Y; c  {: T( ^; ~, Fbtw,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！

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
  ]1 o2 [. r; p- UHad a very shiny nose
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And if you ever saw it
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You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games
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4 x. x; v: H: r/ c  YThen one foggy Christmas Eve
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
8 O, _% @# p8 u; E& dWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
3 Q3 z7 S% |4 I) iThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
2 Y- j) `  Z' e# H- ~And they shouted out with glee
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& P% q; c( C, k9 J  d: V4 C"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)