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
Harun	-	Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Lourens	-	Frisian, Dutch
RaÚL	ra-OOL	Spanish
Sionann	-	Irish Mythology
Iokaste	-	Greek Mythology
Elton	['eltən]