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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 trueplay

  Familiarity information: URBAN LEGEND used as a noun is very rare.


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URBAN LEGEND (noun)


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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