I used to believe that "dang" was a really bad word and "damn" was the clean word to use. This got me in a lot of trouble with teachers and friends I tattled on for saying "dang".
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- i used to think that the road sign "dangerous" was actually "dang-er-roos" a kind of bouncy marsupial— owen cash
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- I used to believe my middle name was a 'bad word' because my mom only used it when I was in trouble.— DJ
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- i used to think the word "friendship" meant a special kind of rocketship that you went on with your friends.— chips ahoy!
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m