We were *not* allowed to say "pee" when I was growing up. My mother told us it was a swear word, and we were to use "piddle." When ever I would hear someone say pee, I would get really embarassed.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- in grade school, i used to believe that test tube was a naughty word and was embarassed to say it.— miss sara
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- I used to believe that bizarre was a swear word.Anon
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon
- i used to believe that if you said a swear word you would turn into the opposite sex the next day— jess
- My cousin used to think that "body" was a swear word.— Jordan