Definición de "urban legend"
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another name for urban myth
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urban legend in American English
urban myth
US
a purportedly true, typically sensational, incident or phenomenon about which various secondhand accounts or anecdotes widely circulate: urban legends are usually untrue or unverifiable
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urban legend in American English
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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?
Also called: urban myth Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
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