I always thought "vulnerable," was a bad word because it started with "vul" as in "vulgar," so whenever someone said vulnerable I thought they were using a vulgar word~
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- I thought that "fool" and "What in the World?" and "crap" where ultra-vulgar words.Anon
- 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
- When i was around 4, i thought "dead" was a bad word. I also thought "Forget it" was a bad word.— forget it
- 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