namecall

namecall (third-person singular simple present namecalls, present participle namecalling, simple past and past participle namecalled)

1. Alternative form of name-call.
   • 1972 October 29, “The price is very high; the price of delay is vastly higher: Theodore M[artin] Hesburgh”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 May 2022:

     America’s national psyche is troubled today, although we hide it in multiple ways. We namecall, hide behind code words, pass the buck.

   • 2025 February 27, Justin Baragona, “Bret Baier fires back at Chuck Todd for claiming he ‘now just wants to have a tee time with the president’”, in Daily Mail‎^[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 February 2025:

     “I don’t want to namecall, but I’ve given up,” Todd replied. “I’ve handed my credibility to a handful of journalists over there who’ve never reciprocated when times were tough. When times were tough for them, I went out of my way to defend a couple of them.”

   • 2025 June 11, Ben Shimkus, “Ford slips down sales list as century-old nemesis makes fun of slump”, in Daily Mail‎^[3], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 June 2025:

     GM [General Motors] namecalled Chevy’s Ford-beating sales in its press release.