单词 | name-calling |
释义 | name-callingn. The action or process of calling someone names; abusive language, insulting speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse ribaldyc1300 chiding1340 ribaldrya1400 revile1439 revilingc1475 vituperation1481 vituper1484 tongue-sore1542 oblatration?1552 thundering1564 wording1564 revilement1590 slabbery1596 invective1602 campling1660 bitching1706 slangwhanging1809 name-calling1819 slanging1856 rough tonguing1916 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > by calling names misnaming1641 calling of names1656 name-calling1819 1819 W. Anderson London Commerc. Dict. 804/1 They will prefer a manly negotiation on the subject, to scolding or name-calling in the papers. 1842 Spectator 19 Nov. 1115/2 The intellectual tenuity of the publication whose feats of name-calling have just been noticed. 1853 C. Dickens Another Round of Stories: Nobody's Story in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No., Dec. 35/2 Such name-calling and dirt-throwing. 1891 Tablet 10 Jan. 63 The most hopeless of all is that of name-calling. 1939 Traffic World 2 Dec. 1259/2 When a public speaker or writer begins name-calling, it is usually a sign that he lacks stronger arguments to support his views. 1965 G. Jackson Let. 16 Mar. in Soledad Brother (1971) 69 I have been subjected to the ordeal of hunger, thirst, name-calling, and other uncountable indignities. 1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Aug. 64/2 Members of the various expeditions have engaged in backbiting and name-calling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819 |
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