urban legend

English

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Noun

urban legend (plural urban legends)

1. A widely circulated story that is untrue or apocryphal, often having elements of humour or horror.

   The claim that alligators live in New York City's sewers is an old urban legend.

Synonyms

• rumor
• urban myth

Related terms

• campus legend

Translations

apocryphal story

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳聞 (cmn), 传闻 (cmn) (chuánwén)

• Danish: vandrehistorie (da) c
• Dutch: broodjeaapverhaal (nl) n
• Finnish: urbaanilegenda (fi), kaupunkilegenda (fi), kaupunkitarina (fi)

• French: légende urbaine (fr) f
• Hungarian: városi legenda (hu)
• Swedish: vandringssägen (sv) c, klintbergare (sv) c
• Turkish: şehir efsanesi (tr)

See also

• conspiracy theory
• conventional wisdom
• fallacy
• hoax
• old wives' tale
• shaggy dog story
• tall tale