shaggy dog story



shaggy dog story

A long-winded anecdote that has a silly or anticlimactic ending. The old man was known for telling shaggy dog stories that made people groan and scratch their heads when he reached the ending.
See also: dog, shaggy, story

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BÍBorka-Hungarian
BenjaminBEN-jə-min (English), bawn-zha-MEN (French), BEN-yah-meen (German)English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Biblical
Ezekieli-ZEE-kee-əl (English), i-ZEE-kyəl (English)Biblical, English
MÜNİR-Turkish
WilhelmVIL-helm (German), VEEL-khelm (Polish)German, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Tegwen-Welsh