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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4 _1 |3 f) C. \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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3 l' s- I7 N9 `: k) d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。

* z/ m2 ^' i0 P: b: c# q, J% bbtw,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！

0 r. R* R$ Y. r2 dRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
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And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
4 o2 ^" o4 S1 F9 d) DYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
0 f9 I8 I2 `3 W+ CAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
# f) C+ e; }* R: n' R- K/ W% VUsed to laugh and call him names
+ |2 a" [% Y. V  \3 A3 p(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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) `8 o" ]: D6 k) |Rudolph with your nose so bright
" D# ^( I0 h4 ]) A. w* QWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
( [6 W7 ?+ h& mAnd they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
) G8 J6 r5 m. l( YYou'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)