urban legend in English

noun
1
a humorous or horrific story or piece of information circulated as though true, especially one purporting to involve someone vaguely related or known to the teller.

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1. However, the Urban Legend Reference Pages lists this story as an urban legend.

2. That may have been an urban legend, but still.

3. Comfortable Bras don’t need to be an urban legend

4. Sex with Borderlines isn’t amazing (contrary to urban legend)

5. 22 Greta Garbo's screen legend had become Greta Garbo urban legend.

6. As I said, class... this story is nothing but an urban legend.

7. Roko’s Basilisk exists at the horizon where philosophical thought experiment blurs into urban legend

8. For dozens more Chillingly good urban legend stories, visit any of the following websites

9. In my intuition, it smells slightly different from the former urban legend, doesn't it?

10. This astrological urban legend that for hundreds of years has predicted world history and the holy spirit's destiny.

11. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: consciousness-raising, cornrow, relational database, stress test, urban legend Examples of 'Biodegrade' …

12. Is Bigfoot real? No one really knows for sure if the mysterious creature Bigfoot is an urban legend, folklore, myth, hoax, or actual being

13. "The reason we studied redheads in the beginning, it was essentially an urban legend in the anesthesia community saying redheads were difficult to anesthetize, " Dr. Sessler said.

14. One urban legend concerning the lifespan of swallowed gum does contain a kernel of truth; bubblegum and other synthetic gum-based candies can indeed remain in the stomach and form harmful Bezoars.

15. Wendy Williams Both Burped & Farted During Her Talk Show, Allegedly There goes that urban legend that people who burp and fart at the same time end up dying on the spot.

16. Commix's signature track, "Satellite Song", was featured on the Metalheadz compilation Winter of Content, while two other club favourites ("Urban Legend" and "If I Should Fall") were paired up on a 12-inch single

17. Though Coprolite gets its name from the Greek kopros , meaning dung and lithos , meaning rock; there is an urban legend in the paleontologist community regarding the name: In the early 1800s, two dinosaur specialists sparred constantly over fossils and research.

18. “Believers, Behavers, Belongers” This was an urban legend told to me when I was at Yeshiva University in the early 80’s and though I tend to be rather cynical when it comes to these tall tales, this one I believe! Yeshiva University, as I was told, was getting ready to celebrate its 100th year of existence; they