When I was about 9, i thought i was really clever by making up the phrase "birdbrain goes twit twat"! I thought it was innocent enough, I was just creating a phrase using three derogatory terms - I was quite a know it all! Birdbrain - stupid person; instead of him goin tweet tweet, he would go twit twat! My pride was short lived! I announced at a family gathering that I had made up, all by myself, a clever new saying! After saying the word twat infront of my nan, I was swiftly sent to my room! what disgraced me more was that i didnt know what the word meant, i was so embarrassed!
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- I thought the phrase "At one's disposal" meant you should dispose of the person or thing.— Geirskogul
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- I used to get mad when people used the word "native" because I thought they were making fun of my name!— Nate
- i thought that the phrase "jet lag" was actually "jet leg" until i was 17...— truffles
- i thought the phrase "getting a boner" referred to men getting their periods. — astrid
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny