When I was six, I heard my grandparents say, "I'm getting sh*tty". I thought that meant they'd pooped their pants and burst into tears.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i thought that when you wet yourself and pooped your pants you would dieAnon
- I'm black, so as a child I used to assume that white people pooped peach the way I pooped brown.— Rick
- 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 used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to think it was true that only ugly girls poop and I thought I was an ugly girl because I poopedAnon