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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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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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 w6 a" d' g: b+ W: V' URudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
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- H4 l8 ?* J% ~8 s- J4 A7 f& e0 iYou would even say it glows
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All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
They never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games
(like Monopoly)
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1 r) j# l/ l; V5 S( Q  H/ j* PThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
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) [' k7 p  N1 M* F$ VRudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
% m1 b/ |4 {6 ^9 _1 pThen all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
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( a; p% @2 d6 C"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
7 Z7 K8 F8 p! N0 x- g8 pYou'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)