I thought that shark was a bad word since it almost rhymes with fart!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I thought the f-word was fart.— Caroline
- i believed the f-word was fart until i was about 8.— Kendra
- 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
- Up until 8th grade or so, I was convinced that I invented the word "Fart"— Jonah
- When I was little I believed that the "F word" was fart. My mom laughed at me when I told her.Anon
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon