One day, when I was about 5 or 6, I heard my sisters friend use the word 'hooker' hah. and I had no idea what it meant so when my mom came outside she came up to me, my sister and her friend and I said "hey mom, she's a hooker!' my mom looked shocked out of her mind and told me never to say that again.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- I used to think that fart was a bad word and then i heard my mom say it once and I was so shocked.— Tara
- My sister used to think that "spit" was a bad word. She meant "shit".— "Spit!"
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- whenever i heard a melody, i thought it stuck in my stomach when i heard it in my mindAnon
- When I was little, my dad had a friend named Scott. I thought my dad's friend was the king of Scotland— Uhhh....