Have you ever used a word thinking you knew what it meant, but didn't?

When I was about 3-4 y/o I picked up on the word ignorant.
To my tiny little self this word sounded like it meant 'angry'.
So when I would get mad I would adamantly exclaim "you're making me ignorant!'
To which all the grownups would laugh .....which only made me more angry, aka ignorant 😂

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LordBarbossa · 36-40, TNew

When I was about 10 my mom told me to go clean my room. I responded with "Why? Do you think I'm gay?"

I had heard someone use that exact sentence in a series that same day, and had never heard the word "gay" before, so I didn't guess the meaning correctly 😅

skmokisses · 46-50, F

@LordBarbossa My eldest daughter did something similar when her and her sister were young. The older called the younger a lesbian. The older, I think 9 at the time, had no idea what the word meant. The younger, probably 3, assumed it wasn't something nice and came running to me crying and saying her sister had called her a 'lezian'. After having a good giggle ....everyone got a lesson on using words we don't know what they mean.