Gregory Bateson came up with the term metacommunication to describe the underlying messages in what we say and do.
Metacommunication is all the nonverbal cues (tone of voice, body language, gestures, facial expression, etc.) that carry meaning that either enhance or disallow what we say in Words.
"Don't call me names" is verbal communication and I can't see any of your body language or hear the tone of your voice so, no this is not an example of metacommunication.
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