Urban Legend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Urban Legend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Urban Legend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urban legend n a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
urban legend A story, which may have started with a grain of truth, that has been embroidered and retold until it has passed into the realm of myth. It is an interesting phenomenon that these stories get spread so far, so fast and so often. Urban legends never die, they just end up on the {Internet}! Some legends that periodically make their rounds include "The Infamous Modem Tax", "Craig Shergold/Brain Tumor/Get Well Cards", and "The $250 Cookie Recipe". (1996-05-08)