For some reason my parents used the word “teeny” for boobs. I never heard anyone else use that word, so even though l knew what it referred to; l was convinced it was a bad word. So, l saw a movie where a girl was nicknamed Teeny and l thought it was terrible they named her that
A childhood belief about rude bits

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 thought assassin was a bad word for some reason (maybe because it has ass in it?)— Alberto Richardson
- 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
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon