My dad doesn't swear in front of us - will still take me to task for saying "damn". When I was little and he got mad at other drivers, he'd pound the steering wheel and say "idiot, idiot, idiot!". so of course I thought it was a terrible swear word.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon
- I used to believe anyone who disagreed with me was an idiot.— Catte
- i used to believe the quarterback was second in command (what an idiot i was)Anon
- I used to believe that bizarre was a swear word.Anon
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon
- i used to believe that if you said a swear word you would turn into the opposite sex the next day— jess