When I was little, I went to Ukrainian dance camp, and my mom and I heard this man swearing. He said "Bullshit." I asked my mom what it meant, and she said she didn't know, it must have been something in Ukrainian. So the next day I went around asking all the grownups who spoke Ukrainian what "Bullshit," meant. Mom had some explaining to do.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- I used to believe that money really did grow on trees, but grownups just didn't want us to know about it.— Mariah
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- I thought that socialism just meant being social and didn't get why anyone would be against it!— Olcasgean
- Up until I was 17 I thought that 'no outlet' signs meant that the steet didn't have any streetlights.— Kelsey