shaggy dog story

English - Turkish

Definition of shaggy dog story in English Turkish dictionary

gülünç hikaye

kelime oyunlu fıkra

uzun ve sonu nükteli hikâye

English - English

Definition of shaggy dog story in English English dictionary

A long-winded tale or yarn featuring extensive narration of typically irrelevant details, usually resulting in a pointless or absurd punchline, which is often a pun or Spoonerism on a known catchphrase

a long joke that usually ends in a silly or disappointing way

a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness

prolonged telling of an insignificant occurrence that is amusing only to the teller; stale joke, old joke

A long, rambling, pointless story or joke, especially one with an absurd punchline

Hyphenation

shag·gy dog sto·ry

Turkish pronunciation

şägi dôg stôri

Synonyms

exaggeration, tall story, tall tale

Pronunciation

/ˈsʜagē ˈdôg ˈstôrē/ /ˈʃæɡiː ˈdɔːɡ ˈstɔːriː/

Etymology

() Uncertain; prob. from one of two jokes, one in which a protracted search for an alleged remarkably shaggy, talking dog ends in the discovery of the dog which, though it can indeed talk, is disappointingly not so shaggy after all; or one in which an even more protracted search for the shaggiest dog in the world ends in the utterly anticlimactic punchline "Now that's a shaggy dog!".