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Synonyms for urban legend
ur·ban leg·end
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urban legendnoun
Synonyms:
urban myth, rumorurban legendnoun
A widely circulated story that is untrue or apocryphal, often having elements of humour or horror.
The claim that alligators live in New York City's sewers is an old urban legend.
Synonyms:
rumor, urban myth
Princeton's WordNet
urban legendnoun
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
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How to use urban legend in a sentence?
It's not an urban legend.
I had heard rumors about these things not going bad, we live on a farm, and things that we grow here go bad regularly and I thought it was an urban legend.
We live on a farm, and things that we grow here go bad regularly and I thought it was an urban legend.
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