name calling
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the age of social media, with its insatiable appetite for new content to keep people amused has increased the trend towards name calling.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
Was it all the golf he played, all the TV he watched, all the name calling?
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024
Almost immediately after the team announced the name this week ahead of Saturday’s opening day game, criticism began pouring in on social media from people distressed by the name, calling it hurtful and insensitive.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024
The debates between the two candidates devolved into name calling and disputes over their past versus their plans for the future.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022
“Now, now. All that name calling is beneath you.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
