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。

1 B7 |4 I) F5 q. n7 I  E& h+ h昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

7 S( M& T5 W1 i* K1 c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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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！

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
# m# P% a" E, T7 s: S: [3 yHad a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
4 M0 }7 ?" _: U- w9 jAnd if you ever saw it
9 i! n* I+ U2 r. G(saw it)
You would even say it glows
+ v/ H$ t! L$ f3 E3 s(like a flash light)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
/ f  d9 t- O. U2 N4 N(like Pinochio)
8 ^7 |2 [0 B3 B# l  \They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
- d& h- |" @! z1 ?' y) lRudolph with your nose so bright
9 R3 h# v5 h; vWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
& N3 n+ W, y% I9 s4 a9 P"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
+ I( k0 o4 k9 V- z/ _/ iYou'll go down in history!"
7 Y/ z; B+ i1 `* `+ T(like Columbus)