shaggy dog stories
Pointless lengthy tales
A shaggy dog story is an improbable and overly long story that may or may not have a point.
The origin of the phrase is a story about a man who advertises for a missing dog.
He receives a letter about a shaggy dog, but when he goes to pick it up, he is told that it is not as shaggy as the one that he lost.
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
digression · drawn out · tall tales · long story short · groan · tail · storytelling · absurdity · anticlimax · misdirection · hilarious · parable · long-winded · anecdote · punchline · humorous · verbosity · nonsense
- comedy stylesjokes, sarcasm, puns, irony, parody
- comedy termsjokes, puns, wit, sarcasm, irony
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- joke typesknock knock jokes, walks into a bar, lightbulb jokes, yo mama jokes, elephant jokes
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
shaggy dog storiesone-liners
Brief comedic remarks
zingers · witticisms · punch lines · epigrams · bon mots
shaggy dog storiesparables
Didactic allegorical tales
fables · morality tales · Aesop's fables · cautionary tales · elevator pitches
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