What does UM stand for?

Urban Myth

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Slang/chat, popular culture

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Samples in periodicals archive:

This urban myth has circulated for over 10 years and sometimes rears its head.

CHILD GRAB PLOT AT STORE IS BIG HOAX; Urban myth causes 1000s of ...

Byline: Daniel Martin Health Reporter DATE-RAPE drugs are largely an urban myth used as an excuse by women who booze themselves into a stupor, it was claimed yesterday.

Slipped a date-rape drug? No, you just drank far too much

Urban Myths are popularly held beliefs that persist because they are widely talked about, rather than because they are fact The travel industry has its own myths, so it?

The Travel Rumours and Urban Legend

I thought it was probably just some urban myth going round that they'd heard but on the weekend I have heard the same story from two separate people, the same day and same details.

WALES: Abduction story 'just an urban myth'

Barack Obama wants everyone to know that anything said about him which is critical must originate with an email attack, urban myth or crazy blogger.

Barack Obama - Myths, Facts, and Obfuscating (Bloggers Beware)

The report warned of urban myths - such as John Lennon once living in Blackpool and Bob Dylan in Crouch End, London.

Homing in on a celeb

87 PS169 Aftermyths differ from urban myths or legends in being posterior or subordinate to true myth, explains Eisenhauer, an American scholar of German and comparative literature, and they cannot be debunked because they draw their legitimacy not from fact but from psychological need, and operate in the realms of mass hysteria and tribal consensus.

Aftermyths; hysteria, colloquialism, and caricature in the age of ...

This is an urban myth, as UV rays are not blocked by standard side glazing.

Closing the window on harmful rays