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

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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) n% E! x/ J4 |) c1 wbtw,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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Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
- }$ y+ S% C$ E, H7 a: FAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
1 F! i8 [/ m. O# g0 P& QUsed to laugh and call him names
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! P4 Z8 f2 I0 |4 i4 B( p. c% i9 DThey never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Play in any reindeer games
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+ N) M) {' [4 t+ AThen one foggy Christmas Eve
* p, q5 V3 N# Q  W9 v4 WSanta came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
+ E5 E' w7 c  c8 O4 n' V9 pWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
/ X$ p* v2 c6 P' @9 kThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
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  S/ }1 b8 H. E# W( W3 W, Z2 s3 ~"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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