I used to think that beet was a bad word because it had 4 letters!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- From the first six letters of this word, I thought that “megalomania” had something to do with megalodons.— Enrico
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- I used to think "Zed" and "Zee" were two different letters.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- 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