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

3 r" X! W% R3 _' J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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* u- x# {8 Q  h+ f4 C" @昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

/ `' @* o* N  S) x3 y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)
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(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
  y- I  C$ [9 EAll of the other reindeer
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* z; n$ L: D: g$ f& ?1 u" f7 KUsed to laugh and call him names
6 `( l- t% `/ e+ h& b; j(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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) F, N4 o: V& URudolph 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
(yippee)
* c; m7 S0 j6 S* q/ Q"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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, j5 f4 Y5 x7 ?( g$ J0 M: SYou'll go down in history!"
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