urban legend
a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend?
Origin of urban legend
1- Also called urban myth .
Words Nearby urban legend
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How to use urban legend in a sentence
His sudden obsession with the urban legend Candyman jolts his canvases to life—though it may not be the kind of life he wants.
Candyman Teases Out New Relevance From a ‘90s Horror Classic | Stephanie Zacharek | August 27, 2021 | TimeGenre conventions are themselves like urban legends, a framework that each new generation adds to and builds upon.
Candyman Teases Out New Relevance From a ‘90s Horror Classic | Stephanie Zacharek | August 27, 2021 | TimeAs a horror figure, Candyman feels like a real-life urban legend that’s always been with us.
How an unsolved murder and a public housing crisis led to Candyman | Aja Romano | August 27, 2021 | VoxThat story may be Olympic urban legend, but with Nurmi, driven as he was by Finnish sisu, it’s totally credible.
As Sifan Hassan Attempts Olympic Triple, a Look at Historic Multi-Medalists | jversteegh | August 4, 2021 | Outside OnlineAccording to researchers who have studied the “lights out” urban legend, it flourished partly because the summer of 1993 was one of the worst stretches of crime Chicago had ever seen.
Guess which states saw the most election disinformation in 2020 | Tate Ryan-Mosley | December 16, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
As The Miami Herald declared in a recent headline, “Obamacare enrollees become urban legend.”
I always thought it was an urban legend that the VW Bus is the most dangerous vehicle ever made.
Dude, Where’s My Bus? Fast Times in the Iconic VW Van | Scott Jennings | October 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn her deposition, she told plaintiffs attorneys that she considered drug diversion an “urban legend” and a “folktale.”
Doctor Accused of Infecting Patients With Hepatitis C Breaks Silence | Carol McKinley | February 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThink of the readiness to accept the (utterly bogus) urban legend about the Super Bowl leading to wife-beating.
All Too Human: Santorum's Biases Begin at Perception | David Frum | February 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in 2009, McGillis squashed that urban legend in an interview with the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News.
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