Lol, well since we’re playing old man memories…
In my middle school NOT knowing swear words could lead to severe mockery.
Back in sixth grade there was this group of assholes who had all migrated from the same grade school so they all knew each other and were a little clique. Anyway, one day they were giving grief to anyone who wasn’t part of their group and in one instance they started interrogating some of the other guys about if they knew certain swear words at the lunch table.
In this particular instance John got targeted first by their leader.
GREG: Hey, you know cock means?
JOHN: Um, yeah.
GREG: Well?
JOHN: Dick.
GREG: Okay, so what’s cunt mean?
JOHN: I dunno.
GREG: YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT CUNT MEANS?! YOU FUCKING LOSER! HAHAHAHA!
So after John got shamed for his lack of swearing knowledge by the group, Greg suddenly asks me if I know what it means. Fortunately my dad was quite colorful with his language so naturally I knew that cunt meant pussy long before I was ever in middle school and avoided mockery.
Then Greg briefly mentioned in passing about knowing what the word poontang meant. He hadn’t asked me the question directly, or if he did he soon got distracted with something else (I think he was still laughing at John) so I wasn’t on the spot again.
Still, poontang was actually not one of the words I ever heard my dad say for whatever reason. So thinking ahead, I needed to know what the hell the word meant before I got suddenly quized on it.
Now I could have just guessed since it was obviously going to be some vulgar term for some part of the anatomy, but which one? And if I guessed wrong, that would have been just as bad as saying I didn’t know, possibly worse. I mean this was pre-internet days, not like I could just look up the word online and find the damn answer.
So I came up with an idea.
ME: Hey Patrick, you know poontang means?
PATRICK: Um, no.
ME: HEY GUYS THIS FUCKHEAD DOESN’T KNOW WHAT POONTANG MEANS! HAHAHAHA!
GREG: He doesn’t?! Hahahaha! It means pussy you dumb ass!
This was followed by more mockery of Patrick who desperately tried to defend himself, meanwhile I now had the knowledge I sought.
About week later, I heard my dad actually say poontang while referencing that part of the female anatomy and thought that would have been a lot more helpful a week ago.