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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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
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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。

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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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
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(saw it)
: ~9 J& q+ s% g0 p" {, p, @You would even say it glows
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4 Z( s- m% ?& y; C1 g* `" \" k3 w  kAll of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
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8 U3 N+ \5 n7 }6 @8 ZThen one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho Ho Ho)
+ B! k- w; v8 X) ?# W* }Rudolph with your nose so bright
: P5 \9 }6 J: j/ {. @% Z4 v0 R4 _Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
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(yippee)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history!"
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