In second grade, my friend had told me to say "luck" in the name game. I, of course, then ended up saying the "f" word. She then tattled on me and got me in trouble, and I had no idea what that word was or why it was bad until a few years later.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- 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 that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- I used to believe my middle name was a 'bad word' because my mom only used it when I was in trouble.— DJ
- Up until 8th grade or so, I was convinced that I invented the word "Fart"— Jonah
- in grade school, i used to believe that test tube was a naughty word and was embarassed to say it.— miss sara
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m