urban legend

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NounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• rumor
• urban myth

Related termsEdit

• campus legend

TranslationsEdit

apocryphal story

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳聞 (zh), 传闻 (zh) (chuánwén), 都市傳說, 都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō)

• Danish: vandrehistorie c
• Dutch: broodjeaapverhaal (nl) n, stadslegende
• Finnish: urbaanilegenda, kaupunkilegenda, kaupunkitarina
• French: légende urbaine (fr) f
• German: moderne Legende f, Großstadtlegende f

• Hungarian: városi legenda
• Japanese: 都市伝説 (としでんせつ, toshi densetsu)
• Kazakh: қала аңызы (qala añızı)
• Russian: городска́я леге́нда f (gorodskája legénda)
• Swedish: vandringssägen c, klintbergare (sv) c
• Turkish: şehir efsanesi

See alsoEdit

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