campus legend

campus legend
a) A widely circulated apocryphal or untrue story pertaining to people, events, or places on the campus of an educational institution, often having elements of humour or horror.

The story that the library is sinking because the architect forgot to allow for the weight of the books is an old campus legend.

b) A person who is renowned within a particular educational institution.

In campus legend, the grind, the non-athletic boy, the unattractive girl, are popularly associated with Phi Beta Kappa, but the caricature cannot be justified.

See Also: urban legend

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