As a small child, my father always called me "Boog-a-loo" for some unknown reason. He's also been a fan of Nirvana for as long as I can remember.
Whenever he'd sing along to the song "Lithium" in the car he'd sing "I'm so ugly, but that's ok / cause so are you / Boog-a-loo". The correct lyrics are "I'm so ugly, but that's ok / cause so are you / we broke our mirrors"
I'm now a fan of Nirvana, and almost 15 years later, I still sing the wrong lyrics out of habit.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
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