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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- |% B/ u! |  `& J& @& ycall 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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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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Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
4 D9 X5 i+ w6 h* Y0 q* O; Y: ?  j(saw it)
You would even say it glows
(like a flash light)
, U8 d1 r; L& {& A7 V* qAll of the other reindeer
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$ s" `$ A$ {8 {) NUsed to laugh and call him names
(like Pinochio)
& ?4 S' W6 J7 R# I& e6 ^* IThey never let poor Rudolph
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5 B  t: Q' r2 V0 H8 [Play in any reindeer games
9 ]: Q: u4 W) a+ F8 p) d(like Monopoly)

, E+ X; j: }4 t' I7 Y5 F" C3 A, `" LThen one foggy Christmas Eve
- o9 o( v% {; Y; x* fSanta came to say
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Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
1 ^. Y, P: [% {* c3 v& ^$ jThen all the reindeer loved him
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And they shouted out with glee
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  S2 _3 k5 A2 b: y) q"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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9 b5 d; @. P  d0 ~6 l9 yYou'll go down in history!"
(like Columbus)