name call

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name call

verb name calls · name calling · name called

alternative Alternative form of name-call Mr. Nixon attacked Mr. [Hubert] Humphrey with gusto, sounding to an unusual degree like Mr. Humphrey attacking Mr. Nixon. He said he knew his opponents were in trouble because “you know politicians are behind when they start to name call, when they start to panic, to hit below the belt.”

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@misc{name_call_2026,
  title = {name call},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/name%20call},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}