"Who made you boss ?" and "Stop calling yourself boss"

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Misrter_E_360

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I was out with some of my friends, and two of my friends were fighting together, verbally, and one of them said those two sentences:

"Who made you boss ?"

"Stop calling yourself boss"

I want to know if those two sentences mean "You are not the boss"
 

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That would be my guess. These types of sentences come up when one peer is trying to tell another peer what to do.

Others would be:

Did I miss your promotion to boss?
Who died and left you boss?
You are not the boss of me.
 
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In BrE, Mike's second example would be "Who died and made you the boss?"
 

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That would be my guess. These types of sentences come up when one peer is trying to tall another peer what to do.

Others would be:

Did I miss your promotion to boss?
Who died and left you boss?
You are not the boss of me.

Is "tall" a typing error? , or else, what does the sentence mean?
 

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Yes it was a typo. It should be "tell".
 

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Thanks for the help everyone.

:)
 

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You're welcome but note that there is no need to write a new post to say "Thank you". Every post has a "Thank" button - simply click that button on any post you find helpful.
 
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