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
Vitomir-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Julianayuy-lee-AH-nah (Dutch), yoo-lee-AH-nah (German), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Elspet-Scottish
Mercedesmer-THE-dhes (Spanish), mer-SE-dhes (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
RÓRdÁN-Irish
TheaTE-ah (German), THEE-ə (English)German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English