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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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。

6 |1 l) H6 j9 \+ L' i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！

' @' w% }! n( t! F- @Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
( Q7 @. x& ^/ c, I. m  \Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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4 _4 d) ^$ `, }You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
6 I! ^9 K2 r) ]) F, zAll of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
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) }0 e) m2 X. i7 ~/ DThey never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)
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: `# ]7 E/ ~# Q% B& ?& j! wThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
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Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
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(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)