urban legend
noun
: 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
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The festivities have also given rise to the urban legend that more margaritas are served on Cinco de Mayo than on any other day of the year.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
In this case, toxic masculinity gets merged with the urban legend of an underground that steals kidneys and leaves people in bathtubs.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Whitaker called Mathis, a Newark native, an urban legend who turned his life around after doing time as a young man.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
This reminds me of the urban legend involving a person who goes to a bar, gets drugged, wakes up, and sees that an internal organ such as a liver or spleen has been removed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
In this case, toxic masculinity gets merged with the urban legend of an underground that steals kidneys and leaves people in bathtubs.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Whitaker called Mathis, a Newark native, an urban legend who turned his life around after doing time as a young man.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
This reminds me of the urban legend involving a person who goes to a bar, gets drugged, wakes up, and sees that an internal organ such as a liver or spleen has been removed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urban legend
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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20legend. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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