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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call sb's name。

# q0 C( U; b0 w' X5 v昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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% I3 q7 ?! {" [3 E& v  B8 X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。

9 ^5 F, G- P; Q: Obtw,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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' v8 m% H1 j$ E% w( S& ~$ L7 kRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
1 ^. h6 F- y6 ]5 |(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
* s) [$ Y& Y- V# gAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
1 ~1 A% I! Z( a4 ~$ P' S+ }% tUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)
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% p( Q5 P; s' _% Y% g' x1 [Then one foggy Christmas Eve
: q# o+ l. g4 H! f+ w; W, kSanta 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
(loved him)
4 B0 J4 \0 J$ y- }% o; QAnd they shouted out with glee
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1 r3 ~' `' g/ _2 M"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)