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。
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, a' T  Y& W# o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。

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！
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
8 v3 e: c) c! c6 \) S$ h4 V) tYou would even say it glows
) `0 [# Y  F% v# h- v6 A7 ?3 {  u(like a flash light)
6 R0 S7 q4 N8 ?' aAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
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(like Monopoly)

' q8 g* n! x+ m+ [. w* f  N8 oThen one foggy Christmas Eve
- Q8 P+ z* Y* l; i* PSanta came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
3 [. l" \% m& x: `4 `/ ]Rudolph with your nose so bright
- J5 R. n% \3 b" b" P* k/ b; vWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)