I thought that "caucus" was a bad word (not sure where I heard that word as a kid, but whatever) it took ages for me to get up the courage to ask my mom if it really was, as I was afraid I'd get in a lot of trouble if it turned out to be something really offensive
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- 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 that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- I used to believe my middle name was a 'bad word' because my mom only used it when I was in trouble.— DJ
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- when i first heard the name "blow job",i thought the meaning of that word was blowing a snot out of your nose.— myuka
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren