urban legend
<publication> 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)
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