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urban myth

noun

  1. a story, esp one with a shocking or amusing ending, related as having actually happened, usu. to someone vaguely connected with the teller
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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