a shaggy dog story



a shaggy dog story

a joke which is a long story with a silly end My grandad insists on telling these shaggy dog stories, which nobody finds funny except him.
See also: dog, shaggy, story

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rosendo-Spanish
Mina (1)MEE-nə (English), MEE-nah (Dutch, Limburgish)English, Dutch, Limburgish
Swaran-Punjabi
Ibragim-Chechen, Ossetian
Kuzman-Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Loredana-Italian, Romanian