i used to believe that the word 'fart' was a swear word. all our family used the word 'pump'. i eventually got embarrassed about using this word at school and began using the naughty 'fart' word. all the family use it now.
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
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- i believed the f-word was fart until i was about 8.— Kendra
- I thought the f-word was fart.— Caroline
- I used to think that fart was a bad word and then i heard my mom say it once and I was so shocked.— Tara
- Up until 8th grade or so, I was convinced that I invented the word "Fart"— Jonah