name calling

Noun

Meaning

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

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name-calling

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Name calling and labeling does nothing but lower your own level of discourse, when you have no other facts to present, which is why alarmists often resort to name calling and labeling. Anthony Watts

Give me a few minutes.” "You have time.” He sat in the grass. "Are you just going to sit there and watch me?” "Yes. Watching pretty peasant girls is what we poor little rich boys do best.” "Peasant?” He shrugged. "You started the name calling. Ilona Andrews

There's a passion about this because people take it very close to their hearts and they have grown up with James Bond - and so have I. But I was being criticized before I had presented anything, so it was name calling. Daniel Craig

sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me Source: Internet

Debates aren’t about bluster, shouting and name-calling; nor should they be about gotcha questions that trap candidates. Source: Internet

“It is very disturbing that most people who belong to this new radical movement cannot even have civil conversations with those of opposing viewpoints without resorting to name-calling, swearing, and playing the victim,” said Damuni. Source: Internet

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