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TIFU by teaching my dad a bad word

I'm originally from a small country on the Balkans, but I have lived in the US for 7 years. Since the lock down happened I got laid off and decided to visit my parents, who btw don't speak English at all. One night, one of my very close American friends called me (video chat) to catch up. I answered the phone as I was leaving the room, where my parents were watching TV, and said "Sup hoeee". Very usual for our friendship. She was even more excited to see me on camera so she basically screamed "Suuppp hoooe" back. I almost blushed, but hey - nobody will know the meaning. After our call I returned to the living room and my dad goes "Sup hoe?" I gave him a confused look and he asked me what does that mean because he'd like to learn some English. So I said it's something like hey buddy, because nobody dares to say a bad word in front of my mom. As you can imagine - now he says "sup hoe" every single time he sees me or talks to me and he even says it to my mom. The audacity! Nobody has told him the true meaning so far and he hasn't found out, yet. The damage has been done. Hope they serve cold beer in hell. TL;DR - My dad who doesn't speak English heard me saying "sup hoe" to my American friend and I told him it means "hey buddy" so now he says it every time when he sees me or talks to me.

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