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What (who) is urban legend - definition
Urban legend
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FORM OF MODERN FOLKLORE
Urban myth; Friend Of A Friend; Urban Legends; Urban myths; Urban legends; Urban rumor; Urban Legend; Urban folklore; People awakening on the mortuary table; Urban mythology; Microwaved poodle; Modern myth; Urban tale; Contemporary legend; Belief tale; Contemporary belief tale; Internet urban legends; Internet Urban Legends; Popular legend; Urban lore; Urban legend
An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, or urban myth) is a genre of folklore comprising stories or fallacious claims circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or a family member, often with horrifying, humorous, or cautionary elements. These legends can be entertaining but often concern mysterious peril or troubling events, such as disappearances and strange objects or entities.
urban legend
FORM OF MODERN FOLKLORE
Urban myth; Friend Of A Friend; Urban Legends; Urban myths; Urban legends; Urban rumor; Urban Legend; Urban folklore; People awakening on the mortuary table; Urban mythology; Microwaved poodle; Modern myth; Urban tale; Contemporary legend; Belief tale; Contemporary belief tale; Internet urban legends; Internet Urban Legends; Popular legend; Urban lore; Urban legend
see urban myth
urban legend
FORM OF MODERN FOLKLORE
Urban myth; Friend Of A Friend; Urban Legends; Urban myths; Urban legends; Urban rumor; Urban Legend; Urban folklore; People awakening on the mortuary table; Urban mythology; Microwaved poodle; Modern myth; Urban tale; Contemporary legend; Belief tale; Contemporary belief tale; Internet urban legends; Internet Urban Legends; Popular legend; Urban lore; Urban legend
<publication> A story, which may have started with a grain of
truth, that has been embroidered and retold until it has
passed into the realm of myth. It is an interesting
phenomenon that these stories get spread so far, so fast and
so often. Urban legends never die, they just end up on the
Internet! Some legends that periodically make their rounds
include "The Infamous Modem Tax", "Craig Shergold/Brain
Tumor/Get Well Cards", and "The $250 Cookie Recipe".
(1996-05-08)
Examples of use of urban legend
1. "That‘s urban legend that is preposterous," the president said.
2. Langans champagne–fuelled feats became the stuff of urban legend.
3. An urban legend has it that the Yekutieli family does not want it.
4. It is nothing more than a fable, a Zionist urban legend.
5. Ainsworth can‘t stop spooling out fascinating tidbits of observation, humor, and what may or may not be urban legend.