I use to think that slow-poke was a bad word because my mom always used and she seemed to be mad when she said it.
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
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane
- my mom told not to pick my nose because if i fell i would poke my brain.— brent
- i used to think mashed potatos were made from apples becouse they were the same color(i was a very slow child)— apples and ornges
- 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