I thought the word "funky" was a bad word until high school. -What I didn't realize was that I had been saying it without the "n" and that's why it was a bad word!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- 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 the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I used to believe everything starting with f was a bad word after I learned about the "f-word". — Sarah
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- When i was around 4, i thought "dead" was a bad word. I also thought "Forget it" was a bad word.— forget it