a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness
In its original sense, a shaggy dog story is an extremely long-winded tale featuring extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents, usually resulting in a pointless or absurd punchline based on a play on words in cliché form. These stories are a special case of yarns, coming from the long tradition of campfire yarns.
例句与用法
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He spent the whole lunchtime telling this interminable shaggy dog story about an actress and a bishop 整个午餐时间，他都在滔滔不绝地讲一名女演员和一名主教之间滑稽的故事。
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