old wives tale

Bobby's Grandma: "Put on your coat or you'll catch pneumonia"
Little Bobby: "Nah ah Grandma. That's an old wives tale. Pneumonia is caused by bacteria."
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Old Wives Tale

"Dude I wanna know what sex my baby's gonna be"
"Spin a locket around ur wifes belly, depending on the direction of the circle you might either get a boy or a girl"
"Dude thats an Old Wives Tale, I think Im just goin to use an ultra sound"
"Fu** you smart ass!"
by Neil Strauss October 21, 2008
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old wives' tale

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
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.
by Emotional Cruiser September 30, 2025
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