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。
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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

* P  O1 ?8 E  z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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) b% N; h' z# G9 d! }5 i3 ibtw,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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* g, K! P1 k  LRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
0 Z- {( _$ I7 ~5 _8 k( g' n) `And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
+ h  ?# a% w9 w! }5 A: c' JAll of the other reindeer
6 }, f# B  V- X# D(reindeer)
6 L; A5 S  @+ \- E4 Q% gUsed to laugh and call him names
2 i5 }+ R: {" y6 a4 F(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
0 ^$ V. l! ?9 W6 sSanta came to say
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
& j! D! o& e4 {  u/ U; N0 \8 AWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
1 Q4 }: r6 i% r6 E6 n/ c"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)