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
Russ	[rʌs]
Varvara	vahr-VAH-rah (Russian)	Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Gunilla	gu-NIL-lah	Swedish
Majda	-	Slovene, Croatian
Catahecassa	-	Native American, Shawnee
Wum	WUM	Limburgish