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
Apollonia	-	Ancient Greek, Italian
Lore (1)	LO-rə	German
Hagan	['heigən]
Tobiah	to-BIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Spyro	-	Greek
Austin	['ɔ:stin]