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。
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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

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。
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  S# r& A: r; c( Ebtw,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！
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
% X1 h! g& q! }  Y; }' lHad 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
(reindeer)
7 L; d( K7 l% m3 x4 @' UUsed to laugh and call him names
9 X7 a1 P9 g& `! M(like Pinochio)
6 l: y, U2 }- Z4 W2 z( {They never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)
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) D( g0 v& C1 h% P# KThen one foggy Christmas Eve
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
3 R5 T* x- D6 h* ~0 _! U6 JWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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