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[Adjective] | "shag*gy-dog" | \ ˌsha-gē-ˈdȯg \
1: 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
Origin: 1946 ;
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(1) - { shaggy-dog story } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "shaggy-dog story"
1: a long story or joke with an ending that is disappointing or that makes no sense
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# 1 - { Shaggy Dogged:17321950 }
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[ "Shaggy Dogged" ]
1: When you are a little slimy pre-vet student who is trying to gain pathology experience so shadow a doctor during a gross necropsy to which you cut yourself with bloodied knife. Only can occur if animal is a dog and knife has been ballz deep in the dead dog previous to the laceration. Now similar to the 2006 acclaimed film "The Shaggy Dog" the dog DNA has entered your body.
* e.g., ... Damn, I got shaggy dogged last friday cutting into a carpal joint and now my thumb is swollen.
# 2 - { Shaggy dog:3852228 }
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[ "Shaggy dog" ]
1: a shaggy dog is a person, not an animal with an overly long fringe or hair cut. this makes them look like a dog with long hair. they are generally beautiful people underneath and dont always use their head to mop floors
* e.g., ... 'woah she looks like a shaggy dog'
# 3 - { shaggy dog story:4796336 }
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[ "shaggy dog story" ]
1: A long, convoluted anecdote, often told simply to result in a sentence that consists almost entirely of puns.
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* e.g., ... One classic shaggy dog story involves a man named Hugh who is out to stop a couple of monks from growing flowers for money:
"Remember Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars."
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# 4 - { Shaggy dog story:286256 }
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[ "Shaggy dog story" ]
1: A joke, usually long, with a silly premise, often involving talking animals. Named for a classic joke involving a lost shaggy dog. Punch line: "Not that shaggy!"
* e.g., ... The joke ended with "and that goes for your cat, too!" Just another shaggy dog story.
# 5 - { The shaggy dog:12069603 }
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[ "The shaggy dog" ]
1: When you're pouring the heat to your significant other and the dog mounts you and fucks you in the ass.
* e.g., ... Dude, you should have been there. Best sex of my life, up until Fido decided to break off a piece and give me the shaggy dog. Now I feel dirty, dirty yet satisfied.
# 6 - { shaggy dog story:15488855 }
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[ "shaggy dog story" ]
1: A long, harrowing tale often beset by misfortunes that the protagonist endures, only for all his/her/its/their victories to be rendered pointless in one move.
* e.g., ... The quintessential shaggy dog story goes like this: One day, a man was hiking when he had a terrible fall. Then, he was discovered by a shaggy dog. The man worked through the pain to take the dog home. After tending his injuries and feeding the dog, he discovers in the papers that a rich couple were looking for a shaggy dog, and were offering a reward for anyone who found it. The man then sold everything he could think of to buy a ticket to the owner's residence area. He even paid extra for handling the dog. When the man landed, he scraped just enough money to get a car. He went to the dog's owner's mansion, but missed the gate. When the man got to the door, he and the dog were shot dead by a guard.
# 7 - { Shaggy Dog Story:453451 }
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[ "Shaggy Dog Story" ]
1: aka feghoot
* e.g., ... Shaggy-Dog Story is found at Websters' feghoot is not! Man, are the guys at Websters' slow!
[ "Shaggy Dog Story" ]
2: Check out my definition of feghoot!
# 8 - { Coming into Shaggy Dog City:13093757 }
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[ "Coming into Shaggy Dog City" ]
1: Things are going well/getting good; success has been achieved.
* e.g., ... "Business has picked up - we're coming into Shaggy Dog City"
"Did you seem the game on Saturday? Man U are coming into Shaggy Dog City!"
# 9 - { Shaggy Dog:17892670 }
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[ "Shaggy Dog" ]
1: Doggie style intercourse with a hairy woman.
* e.g., ... Dude, I did a shaggy dog with that Kardashian chick!
# 10 - { Shaggy Dog Story:18264473 }
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[ "Shaggy Dog Story" ]
1: Can have three meanings:
* e.g., ... "I said the shaggy dog story to a couple of fellows, funny to think they actually laughed"
[ "Shaggy Dog Story" ]
2: A simple joke about a boy and his Shaggy Dog, which is made to have no punchline to invoke some kind of laughs
* e.g., ... "I can't believe I wasted my money just to see a wannabe comedian say a shaggy dog story"
[ "Shaggy Dog Story" ]
3: A joke that goes on and on just for a bad or boring ending
* e.g., ... "After 757 pages of build-up, the treasure was just a rubber chicken. Talk about a shaggy dog story."
[ "Shaggy Dog Story" ]
4: A movie or a book that is just like (Definition) 2 but for books/movies
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