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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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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; C& _0 V5 k- x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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& @) ?1 b- J6 O- O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！

" E3 ^8 p8 ^  Q6 v# s) o6 IRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
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And 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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(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games
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- F, B: W: L4 l4 a! |% WThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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7 m1 U/ D/ J" R3 ?: \: A( n, @Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
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!"
(like Columbus)