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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$ m8 Q# X/ F" r8 p: jcall sb's name。

昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb

6 b" h2 R7 Q8 W7 l% D  V: @0 U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！

1 \  x' V* O5 S3 M# d& ARudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
+ k: t8 U) `& {( KAnd if you ever saw it
: i  T! m2 a2 ?8 I4 ](saw it)
You would even say it glows
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  [, l, O" {9 M* B. v/ ^, [All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
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/ O6 o- \- E' A0 D. U(like Pinochio)
$ z) e; {7 N. p) p- r6 W& uThey never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
7 x4 Z: W8 r; Y) MSanta came to say
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( O) G- ~/ d# o4 ^) Y2 bRudolph with your nose so bright
2 P0 U$ H0 J0 H- TWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
* b1 o; y6 Q) d7 p, T9 `0 jThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
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" u0 A! |. a' P6 X"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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8 ~2 y0 a! Y" I6 ^( MYou'll go down in history!"
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