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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昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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" o( y0 G( S! x5 e0 A% {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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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！

% p$ Q3 e" [5 I% f% p0 BRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
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1 a3 M1 b6 o) s6 p& ^( HAnd if you ever saw it
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- A, O: o" B6 F& {6 b- hYou would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
9 e1 r2 r4 Y7 ~! ?2 [, `& H  ZAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
1 u5 C7 {0 G4 z3 g8 T- j# _, RUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
3 J/ z$ {6 f: o0 S; l8 }Rudolph with your nose so bright
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Then all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
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" X% b6 L$ @, ^7 K"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
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(like Columbus)