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URBAN LEGEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does urban legend mean?
• URBAN LEGEND (noun)
The noun URBAN LEGEND has 1 sense:
1. a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true
Familiarity information: URBAN LEGEND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("urban legend" is a kind of...):
account; news report; report; story; write up (a short account of the news)
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