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。

昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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, x1 d% Y% o. g  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。
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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)
  k. {: Z& z  Q' f6 j: zHad a very shiny nose
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7 v% `! {1 |5 \" PAnd if you ever saw it
! h7 b* Y7 J! J4 b, M" _# _(saw it)
You would even say it glows
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All of the other reindeer
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( ~9 {; ]- y% oUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
) d8 s" V! g: @$ D, OThey never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
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& H' H0 \0 n9 |5 b, fThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
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  o7 N) ?" z' M, h; j# i"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)