Urban Legend Definition

noun
A purportedly true, typically sensational, incident or phenomenon about which various secondhand accounts or anecdotes widely circulate: urban legends are characteristically untrue or unverifiable.
Webster's New World
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.
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Other Word Forms of Urban Legend

Noun

Singular:
urban legend
Plural:
urban-legends

Urban Legend Sentence Examples

  • Heard the urban legend about the man who got his wee wee stuck in--- you get the picture.

  • It is rumored that the mother of the baby saw the cover and forced the publisher to recall the games, but it's possible that this is just an urban legend.

  • The most common urban legend of all is the story of the vanishing hitchhiker.

  • One of the first groups to investigate this paranormal sighting was local paranormal group G.H.O.U.L.I., which stands for Ghost Haunts of Oklahoma & Urban Legend Investigations.

  • For dozens more chillingly good urban legend stories, visit any of the following websites.

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