Were there any words you were not allowed to say when you were a kid?

Question

I was not allowed to say fart, butt, or cop when I was kid.

Farts had to be referred to as "poots".
Butt had be referred to as "derriere", "behind", or "rear end".
And cop had to be referred to as "police officer".

If I called a police officer a cop, I would get slapped in the face.

Answer 1

Sconce. That particular light fixture was a forbidden subject in our home.

Answer 2

I never heard bad words when I was little. I remember asking my mom what does **** mean when I was 11. Times are sure different now. I have seen two and three year olds giving the finger and using appropriate curses.
It isn't an improvement.

Answer 3

I couldn't say any of the prime cuss words. Same as in George Carlin's 7 words you can't say on tv. 'Course, now you hear all of them.

I ended up with fudge, sugar, shoot, dang. You get the idea.

One family I knew couldn't say "Wow". That blew me away.

As an aside - I couldn't whistle around my Grandmother because "The Virgin Mary didn't whistle". I knew Mom-Mom was old but geez..... And I couldn't sigh around her either because "it takes 5 years off your life".. At that rate I'd be dead long ago.

Answer 4

I had the first 2 on your list. My mom still won't say them so we tease her a lot. One time she gave us a Valentine's card where the picture on the front was a heart that was a butt-print in the snow and she thought she was making progress by buying that. :)

Answer 5

I was not allowed to say any of the words filtered on here like this ****, but unfortunately, that only made me curse like a sailor (a habit I'm trying to get out of to this day) out of rebellion against this. But after 15 or more violations, you tend to see why your parents didn't let you say those words.

Answer 6

I wasn't allowed to say any of the REALLY bad words not tolerated on here, but the one that may seem crazy is that I was forbade to say the word "Hitler," which was the German dictator in World War II, because my mother dispises Nazi ideaology, and "Nazi" is yet another curse worde to her, so is "swastika."

Answer 7

It wasn't that I wasn't allowed to say certain words, I just KNEW not to attempt it. I had to say "fanny" and farts were "fanny burps" and, oh yeah, it HAD to be a police officer or police man. Oh, and boobs were "breasts". If you had to "go pee" we had to say we had to go to the "toidy". Sheesh I am surprised I am half way normal!

Answer 8

I was not allowed to say poot, I had to say fart.
I could not say police officer, I had to say pig.

Answer 9

You got me with cop. I could say that but not the others.

My brother said "stud" once and got slapped. amazing.

Answer 10

i dont think of it may be impolite. THe sitter component is lovable. yet only make it sparkling that no teenagers are allowed. It doesnt count number the way you assert it, however the sitter component it catchy and lovable.