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Meanings of urban legend in English

Russian
урбанистическая легенда
Portuguese
mito urbano
Spanish
mito urbano
Catalan
llegenda urbana

Form of modern folklore.

        урбанистическая легенда
        Usage of urban legend in English
        1
        People just bursting into flames for no reason: it's an urban legend.
        The Magician
        2
        Officially opened 40 years ago, it is the stuff of urban legend.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Snuff films are something you read or hear about, urban legend stuff.
        Watch them die
        4
        And just like that, dear God, an urban legend had been born!
        Mcgillivray's mistress
        5
        Dr Babineau says that's ridiculous, the hospital equivalent of an urban legend.
        Finders Keepers
        6
        Knights and demons were the stuff of urban legend and radical religions.
        Armageddon's Children
        7
        But my efforts are doomed within the self-affirming structure of the urban legend.
        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
        8
        Unlike the growing urban legend of Slenderman, Dogman appears to be mostly harmless.
        News.com.au
        9
        Rashan had become more an urban legend than a wanted criminal.
        Mob rules
        10
        Is it just an urban legend that the first basilisk destroyed its creator?
        Futures 1
        11
        They couldn't decide if you were real or an urban legend.
        The Fireman
        12
        One urban legend says Stinger anti-aircraft missiles are supposedly perched on the roof.
        Wired
        13
        Until now, that part has been pretty much an urban legend.
        Geektastic
        14
        The stories of what happens inside have become the stuff of urban legend.
        Reuters
        15
        Maybe it's an urban legend, or a cold war myth.
        World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
        16
        In short, Slenderman has become firmly entrenched in urban legend.
        News.com.au
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