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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+ s9 h( R, N+ I7 \3 ?, P2 f  U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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2 [# b) F9 s2 f3 u$ Hbtw,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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. H8 d, e  A# c$ p0 K4 ^! THad a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
* B2 e6 B! z* j! b: k& WAnd if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
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8 m- o% n/ T6 m" {2 \& C' {Used to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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* T2 e3 s; D9 F& G% ~4 a8 w5 H2 XThen one foggy Christmas Eve
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(Ho Ho Ho)
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" \3 L% r" y$ K: wWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
! _8 G, b1 j4 _* r! @0 l& _$ F5 cThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)