I used to think that the word b**ch was a smell. I remember thinking "Aw man that dish rag smells like b**ch. I still know what the smell was too and sometimes when I get a whiff of it that word still pops into my head.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim
- 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 that I could smell when it was going to snow.
(I still can!)— sw - Skunks smell bad because they eat garbage.— Isabel
- I used to believe that hairspray was made of grapes! =) Does't it smell grapey to you? XD— Jaime
- I used to believe that if you swallowed your gum that you would crumble up and smell like a dead animal !!!!— jordan