SHAGGY DOG STORY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shaggy dog story" is a kind of...):

gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)

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