urban legend

noun

: an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true

the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers

called also urban myth

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To the delight of the band and chagrin of producers, hundreds of punks invaded the show, stage-diving and slam-dancing their way to TV notoriety and leading to the urban legend that Michaels banned the group from the show. —

Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025 The internet is absolutely full of myths and urban legends about space and just about everything else, so readers must be a skeptical these days. —

Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025 The Escobar connection, Palmer admits, could be a bit of an urban legend. —

Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025 Turns out that both urban legends exist, and their encounters with them give them both superpowers and a gradually growing stable of oddball supporting characters. —

Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for urban legend