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。

昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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, U2 T0 N; b# Z+ @5 P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。

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)
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(like a light bulb)
  s) @5 B/ g0 h9 w7 ?And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
- [8 `: w$ d3 y* g, p- mYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
; ^8 K9 _# M) H% t6 W# H4 B9 e% RAll of the other reindeer
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( @+ r6 U, t" k: d% t* s/ gUsed to laugh and call him names
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5 c- {) [+ D! H, d& Q6 sThey never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
  k* e; x; S) s/ q4 eSanta came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
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!"
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