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
ZÉNaÏDeze-na-EEDFrench
Ariehahr-YE (Jewish)Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Ekaterinaye-kah-tye-REE-nah (Russian), ee-kah-tee-REE-nah (Russian)Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Curt[kə:t]
MetİN-Turkish
Beatrice['bi:ətris]