shaggy-dog

adjective

shag·gy-dog | \ ˌsha-gē-ˈdȯg

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Definition of shaggy-dog

: 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 being a similar humorous story whose humor lies in the pointlessness or irrelevance of the plot or punch line a shaggy-dog comedy

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