urban legend
urban legend
nounDefinition of URBAN LEGEND
: an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true <the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers> —called also urban myth
See First Known Use of URBAN LEGEND
1968
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