How do you discipline a 2 year old daycare child that starts saying a bad word?

This boy is my half nephew (my sister in law had this boy after she split with my brother in law....and to make a long story short she left the childs dad and went back with my brother in law).

Well this morning the boy started saying "****" (the "F" word)...the first time I thought it was an accident as a 2 year olds' vacabulary isn't always clear..but then he said it again...and again...and again. Said it about 6 times and I firmly told him "no".

I don't know if he's trying to say something else but if he is I can't figure out what. It sounds very clear to me. I don't think my Sister-in-law swears like that but I have heard my brother-in-law from time to time.

Has anything like this happened to any of you...so young? He's just learning his vocab so he doesn't know it's bad...what is an effective way to teach him not to say it?

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