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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call sb's name。

昨天下棋，那个家伙输了，走之前打了两个字母 sb
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三思

就是起外号，比如小四眼啥的。名词，表示这个行为。

0 M9 t5 V/ s6 h) L' N2 ]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！
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: G- M) d: w0 t. {: j# h8 DRudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
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9 I7 a3 B6 O  t+ v- RAnd if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glows
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All of the other reindeer
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: h$ p; J  a0 i$ GUsed to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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(like Monopoly)
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
  ~" F' Z* ]' D2 |! T& T  YWon't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee
(yippee)
6 k! b7 v0 E2 _8 V0 S% @4 @"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)