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
Caelestis-Late Roman
Arrow['ærəu]
Zhubin-Persian
Korinna-Ancient Greek
AlysonAL-i-sənEnglish
Severina-Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman