when i was 4 my 6 year old brother told me that sticking up the middle finger meant "im sorry"
later that day i was caught being naughty, so to make amends, i proudly flipped my mom the bird!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "nuptial" was a naughty word. I thought it meant nipple. XD— Sara Hagen
- My brother used to believe that ceiling fans were helicopters flipped upsidedown and stuck in the ceiling.— Seven
- "dildo is an extinct bird"
my 18 year old friend fell for that.— pebblezzz - When I was little, I thought you had to put a finger under the water to make it hot. — M_2
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon
- I used to believe jaywalking meant walking around naked in public (from naked as a JAY bird...)— Izzi