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Calling People Names ( insulting that person with rude words ... )

"Calling People Names"



"Calling people names" is using rude words to address people.

Example: "You are a jerk!" Reply: "You don't have to call me names."

Example: "You shouldn't call people names."

Example: "I would never date someone who called me names."



You call a person names when you use rude words to insult that person.

Example: "What a fight they were having. You should have heard the names he called her."

Example: "Just because you're angry, you don't have to call me names."



When you use impolite words to address people, you are "calling people names."

Example: "Mom! She is calling me names!"

Example: "When we were children, we used to call each other names."





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