shaggy dog story (Meaning)
Wordnet
shaggy dog story (n)
a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness
Synonyms & Antonyms of shaggy dog story
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shaggy dog story Sentence Examples
- The shaggy dog story was so convoluted that it left the audience baffled.
- The detective's shaggy dog story about the missing cat was dismissed as irrelevant.
- The politician's shaggy dog story about his childhood was rambling and unfocused.
- The teacher's shaggy dog story about the lost puppy was meant to entertain the students but only bored them.
- The suspenseful mystery novel turned out to be a shaggy dog story with an anticlimactic ending.
- The shaggy dog story about the traveling salesman and the talking horse went on for hours.
- The bartender's shaggy dog story about the haunted tavern was more amusing than scary.
- The shaggy dog story about the man who tried to paint his house in the dark was ludicrous.
- The audience impatiently waited for the punchline of the shaggy dog story.
- The shaggy dog story was so long and drawn-out that it was almost unbearable.
FAQs About the word shaggy dog story
a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
The shaggy dog story was so convoluted that it left the audience baffled.
The detective's shaggy dog story about the missing cat was dismissed as irrelevant.
The politician's shaggy dog story about his childhood was rambling and unfocused.
The teacher's shaggy dog story about the lost puppy was meant to entertain the students but only bored them.
