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urban legend
urban legendn. An apocryphal story involving incidents of the recent past, often including elements of humor and horror, that spreads quickly and is popularly believed to be true.ur′ban leg′end
n. a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend? Also called ur′ban myth′. [1970–75] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | urban legend - a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be truenews report, write up, account, report, story - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" |
Translationsurban legend
urban legendFig. a myth or piece of folklore that is totally false. That story about the rats in the sewer being as big as dogs is an urban legend. It's just not so.See also: legendurban legend
urban legend (publication)A story, which may have started with a grain oftruth, that has been embroidered and retold until it haspassed into the realm of myth. It is an interestingphenomenon that these stories get spread so far, so fast andso often. Urban legends never die, they just end up on theInternet! Some legends that periodically make their roundsinclude "The Infamous Modem Tax", "Craig Shergold/BrainTumor/Get Well Cards", and "The $250 Cookie Recipe".urban legendMyths about anything and everything that barely have a shred of truth in them, yet seem to take on a persistent life of their own. Before the Internet, such urban folklore as "alligators in New York City sewers" was carried in magazines and newspapers. Today, they speed around the world in a few seconds. See Snopes.com.urban legend
urban legend (ŭr′băn) [L. urbanus] Myth (2). Urban legends about health care are widely disseminated by patients and practitioners. One favorite is the internet prank that states that dihydrogen monoxide is a deadly toxin widely consumed by human beings. Its chemical formula is H2O. Most urban legends are not humorous or malicious pranks but are based on misunderstandings or unrecognized errors in reasoning, e.g., the common but false belief that emergency rooms are busiest during certain phases of the moon. AcronymsSeeuplinkurban legend
Words related to urban legendnoun a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually falseRelated Words- news report
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