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 Sat Jan 27, 2007 22:25 pm 'Abuse' vs 'Call names' |
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Abuse is often physical, Tom.
To be clear about this type of abuse, people usually say "verbal abuse".
How about something like this:
He hit me with a barrage of verbal abuse in front of my family.
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| Sun Jan 28, 2007 14:01 pm 'Abuse' vs 'Call names' |
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| It's possible to verbally abuse someone without calling names. A person who knows a language well, and knows human psychology well, can be very abusive without calling a person any names at all, or even using a bad word. |
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| Sun Jan 28, 2007 19:33 pm 'Abuse' vs 'Call names' |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | It's possible to verbally abuse someone without calling names. A person who knows a language well, and knows human psychology well, can be very abusive without calling a person any names at all, or even using a bad word. |
This kind of vicious maltreatment, which is often morally and mentally destructive, is much more scary and dangerous -- remember 'Gaslight'?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film) |
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| Sun Jan 28, 2007 21:51 pm 'Abuse' vs 'Call names' |
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| Conchita wrote: | | Jamie (K) wrote: | | It's possible to verbally abuse someone without calling names. A person who knows a language well, and knows human psychology well, can be very abusive without calling a person any names at all, or even using a bad word. |
This kind of vicious maltreatment, which is often morally and mentally destructive, is much more scary and dangerous -- remember 'Gaslight'? |
I've never seen Gaslight, but I wasn't talking about that kind of psychological manipulation. I was just talking about ordinary people who can deeply wound others with words, but without ever hurling a single insult. |
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| Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:16 am 'Abuse' vs 'Call names' |
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And that's exactly what happens in 'Gaslight'
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