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Meanings of urban tale in English

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

Form of modern folklore.

урбанистическая легенда
Synonyms
Examples for "urban legend"
Examples for "urban legend"
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
1
The question has always been: is this anything more than urban myth?
Wired
2
He stared at it disbelievingly; he'd always thought that was an urban myth.
The Neutronium Alchemist
3
What Cruikshank stumbled onto is far worse than any urban myth.
Break No Bones
4
No, that's just an urban myth lifted from some cheesy bestseller.
Futures 1
5
I know, I know: most probably it's an urban myth.
The Irish Times
1
Contemporary legends also say that the only copy was taken by an Englishman hundreds of years ago.
The genesis secret
Usage of urban tale in English
1
It's an urban tale that middle school students can relate to; adults as well.
Ebony
2
It is a sharper, more modern, present-tense urban tale.
The Guardian
3
Urban tales of every hue are on offer from the We Are Here mini-fest organised by the Project Arts Centre and Dublin Docklands Development Authority.
The Irish Times