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[Noun] | "old wives' tale"
1: an often traditional belief that is not based on fact : superstition
Origin: 1572 ;
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[Noun] | "old wives' tales"
1: a false idea or belief;
* e.g., " ... the belief that going outside with wet hair will cause you to catch cold is just an old wives' tale "
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[ "Old Wives Tale" ]
1: False information from dumb old bitches.
* e.g., ... "Dude I wanna know what sex my baby's gonna be"
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[ "old wives tale" ]
1: See old wise tale...
* e.g., ... Bobby's Grandma: "Put on your coat or you'll catch pneumonia"
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[ "old wives' tale" ]
1: A belief, usually in the form of untested new pieces of information like having to behave well to get more screen time from parents, passed from mouth to mouth as piece of traditional wisdom
* e.g., ... My parents always made me behave well to earn extra screen time, but now I realize it was just an old wives' tale about how to manage kids and technology.
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