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
Zartosht	-	Persian
Morwenna	-	Cornish, Welsh
Sharpe	['ʃa:p]
Stephenson	['sti:vnsn]
Szilvia	SEEL-vee-aw	Hungarian
Nimue	NIM-oo-ay	Arthurian Romance