apocryphal

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What defines him instead are various quips, mordant jokes and accounts of bizarre behavior, many no doubt apocryphal, recorded by his admirers and detractors in the centuries after his death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Much of “Flour” is concerned with the woman’s conversation with her driver about a parable from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that he is translating from Coptic—a tale, he says, about emptiness and unknowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

When I first encountered this quote in a posting on X, I found it so overdetermined that I thought it must be apocryphal.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

This apocryphal trivia hasn’t been entirely debunked; it’s more accurate to say that it is roundly doubted.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

“It’s the kind of apocryphal story hotel where people usually only stay when their upcar breaks down during a rainstorm.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson