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
Addy (2)	-	Medieval English
Sherill	SHER-əl	English (Rare)
Stoyanka	-	Bulgarian
Gahariet	-	Arthurian Romance
Ingo	ING-go (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Cenk	JENK	Turkish