[NSFW] When is the first time you heard this word?

The word is Fuck.

I first heard it from a girl named Sherry Orrie when I was in kindergarten. There were four or five of us sitting around a small table, coloring. We were all totally absorbed in making our Jumbo Crayolas stay in the lines when Sherry broke the silence.

“My brother got in trouble for saying a bad word”, she told us.

“What word?”, we all wanted to know.

“Oh. I can’t say it.”, she replied. “It’s too bad.”

Well, needless to say, this is where I became very interested int he conversation. What word was there that was that bad?

“C’mon”, we begged, “Tell us. Please?”

After about five more minutes of cajoling she rewarded us by whispering the forbidden utterance.

“He said ’fuck’”, she said in a breathless gasp that must have taken her great effort.

I started laughing. ”That’s not even a word”, I scoffed.

I learned later, after a slap in the face and a good tongue soaping, that it was indeed a word.

How about you?