HD asked, "Why don't pilots use the correct phraseology?". I've often wondered the same.
I was in the traffic pattern at a regional airfield just last week and saw a fractional ownership biz. jet waiting at the "Holding Point".
AS the landing aircraft crossed the threshold in front of the jet, ATC said "XXXX taxi into position and hold". The flight crew came back, in cheery voice, with "We're on the hold"
WTF does that mean?