History
History noun - An account of important events in the order in which they happened.
Urban legend and history are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urban legend" instead a noun "History".
Urban legend
Urban legend noun - 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.
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Synonyms for Urban legend
History and urban legend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "History" instead a noun phrase "Urban legend".
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Related pairs
- romance and history
- romance and urban legend
- sketch and history
- sketch and urban legend
- fairy tale and history
- fairy tale and urban legend
- fable and history
- fable and urban legend
- account and history
- account and urban legend
- report and history
- report and urban legend
- record and history
- record and urban legend
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- This includes times which are linked to folklore, urban legend, or history, but this trope also applies to in-universe examples, if the time in question is given significance in-universe.
Source: Right on the Tick -
The idea of Lincoln escaping in blackface and being caught seems to be just a joke, but it's a reference/reversal of a Northern urban legend in actual history that claimed Jefferson Davis had tried to escape dressed as a woman.
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Dantzig's story eventually morphed into the Urban Legend of the student that was late for an exam and barely completed all the problems on the board only for him to be told that the final problem(s) were "unsolvable" problems and that he made history.
Source: Achievements in Ignorance
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