I used to believe everything starting with f was a bad word after I learned about the "f-word".
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- 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 fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- When i was around 4, i thought "dead" was a bad word. I also thought "Forget it" was a bad word.— forget it
- i used to believe that the f word was "funk"!!! Anon