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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aten	AH-tən (English)	Egyptian Mythology
Maike	MIE-kə (German)	Frisian, German
Sandra	['sændrə]
Mahammad	-	Azerbaijani
Sini	SEE-nee	Finnish
Maximianus	-	Ancient Roman