shaggy-dog — adjective Date: 1946 of, relating to, or being a long drawn out circumstantial story concerning an inconsequential happening that impresses the teller as humorous or interesting but the hearer as boring and pointless; also of, relating to, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
shaggy\ dog — n. phr. A special kind of joke whose long and often convoluted introduction and development delay the effect of the punch line. Uncle Joe only seems to bore his audiences with his long shaggy dog jokes, for when he comes to the long awaited punch … Словарь американских идиом
Shaggy Dog Story (TV) — Shaggy Dog Story was a charity programme for Children in Need, put together by the BBC in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year s Future Generations video (featuring chilcren s programmes), and the great success of 1997 s Perfect Day charity… … Wikipedia
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. 〚from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog〛 a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion * * * … Universalium
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. [from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog] a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion … English World dictionary
shaggy dog (story) — or shaggy dog n. [from such an anecdote involving a shaggy dog] a long, rambling joke, typically involving ludicrously unreal or irrational behavior and usually having an irrelevant conclusion … English World dictionary
shaggy dog story — A shaggy dog story is a joke which is a long story with a silly end … The small dictionary of idiomes
shaggy-dog story — ► shaggy dog story a long, rambling story or joke, amusing only because it is absurdly inconsequential. Main Entry: ↑shaggy … English terms dictionary
shaggy dog story — shaggy dog .story n old fashioned a long joke that usually ends in a silly or disappointing way … Dictionary of contemporary English
shaggy dog story — shaggy dog ,story noun count a very long joke that ends in a silly way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
