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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$ [* H3 L7 _2 b. s% Ccall 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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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。

" v: A& C! R- _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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) d; V" X) S0 L' Mbtw,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)
Had a very shiny nose
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And if you ever saw it
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5 v/ }) g! p  n& R, FYou would even say it glows
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" d1 O2 X3 j; a* G( `" M& mAll of the other reindeer
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# I# v. }* u: h+ yUsed to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
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"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like Columbus)