as a kid i had apparently heard the word dodo somewhere, probably on tv, but i had a terrible habit of mixing my words up....so imagine my mums surprise when, during a fight with my neighbour, i screamed "your a dildo!!" at the top of my lungs. i called people that for years, and never realised why adults looked at me funny when i did!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to believe a dildo was a thing that people sewed on when their thingy fell off.Anon
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- When we were young, the adults said that the rudest possible word was 'District Nurse'. And we believed them— Steve Haughton
- I used to think that 7-Up was called "Zup" until I realised the "Z" was actually a Seven!— Vic
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- "dildo is an extinct bird"
my 18 year old friend fell for that.— pebblezzz