I thought that swear words were called square words and that they looked like a square when you wrote them down.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- Huey Lewis's "Hip to be square" - in 3rd grade I could have SWORN it was "hit the beef square". ????Anon
- I thought there were some swear words so bad if you said them you would go to jail!— Mexicrat
- i used to believe that i really would end up with square eyes if i watched too much tvAnon
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth