To hate “call her out”, “call him out”, “call them out”?

[SuperSara]

There doesn’t seem to be an MN thread that goes by without someone posting that the OP should “...call him out on it...” or similar.

What is wrong with “...challenge him...” ? It’s shorter, actually makes sense, and everyone understands its meaning.

Where did “call out” suddenly come from and why are so many people obsessed with shoehorning it into every thread?

I’m guessing it must be from reality TV or social media or something, I’m guessing(?) as I’ve never heard it in real life conversations or even seen it written, except on here, as far as I can recall.

Fully prepared to be told I’m BU but to me it just sounds totally bizarre and wrong.

Just me?

I like it

YABU. People moaning about other people's language choices annoys me more than any particular language choice with the possible exception of apostrophes in the wrong place

For the hundreth thousandth time "the car needs washed" is a regional dialect thing. Why can't people just be a bit more tolerant?

But even if it is a regional dialect, it's still excruciating to hear and grammatically wrong.

Cripes, if the most irritating or upsetting thing going on in your life is other people not speaking in the manner to which you wish they would become accustomed, you're doing alright I reckon!

To the above poster, who did say it was THE most irritating thing in their life??

"Clap back" and "flamed"