Definitions for Urban Legend
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1. 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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1. urban legendnoun

   A widely circulated story that is untrue or apocryphal, often having elements of humour or horror.

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1. Urban legend

   An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, urban myth, or urban tale) is a genre of folklore comprising fallacious claims or stories circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or a family member, often with horrifying, humorous, or cautionary elements. These legends can be entertaining but often concern mysterious peril or troubling events, such as disappearances and strange objects or entities. Urban legends may confirm moral standards, reflect prejudices, or be a way to make sense of societal anxieties. Urban legends in the past were most often circulated orally, but now can also be spread by any media. This includes newspapers, mobile news apps, e-mail, and most often, social media. Some urban legends have passed through the years/decades with only minor changes, in where the time period takes place. Generic urban legends are often altered to suit regional variations, but the lesson or moral remains majorly the same.

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1. urban legend

   An urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of fictional stories, often with macabre elements deeply rooted in popular culture, that are circulated as true events. These tales are often shared person to person, or spread through various mediums such as print, online social platforms, or other digital communication, propagating due to their elements of mystery, humor, fear, or moral lessons.

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1. Urban legend

   An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true. As with all folklore and mythology, the designation suggests nothing about the story's veracity, but merely that it is in circulation, exhibits variation over time, and carries some significance that motivates the community in preserving and propagating it. Despite its name, an urban legend does not necessarily originate in an urban area. Rather, the term is used to differentiate modern legend from traditional folklore in pre-industrial times. For this reason, sociologists and folklorists prefer the term contemporary legend. Urban legends are sometimes repeated in news stories and, in recent years, distributed by e-mail. People frequently allege that such tales happened to a "friend of a friend"; so often, in fact, that "friend of a friend" has become a commonly used term when recounting this type of story. Some urban legends have passed through the years with only minor changes to suit regional variations. One example is the story of a woman killed by spiders nesting in her elaborate hairdo. More recent legends tend to reflect modern circumstances, like the story of people ambushed, anesthetized, and waking up minus one kidney, which was surgically removed for transplantation.

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How to pronounce Urban Legend?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Urban Legend in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Urban Legend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Urban Legend in a Sentence

1. Dave Alexander:

   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.

2. Michael Krondl:

   It's not an urban legend.

3. Dave Alexander:

   We live on a farm, and things that we grow here go bad regularly and I thought it was an urban legend.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Urban Legend
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Urban_Legend
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Legend
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Urban Legend