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:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Turin		-	Literature
Bulan		BOO-lahn	Indonesian
FrantiŠEk		-	Czech
Alysa		ə-LIS-ə	English (Modern)
Anzo		-	Ancient Germanic
Hewie		HYOO-ee	English (Rare)

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