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What is another word for
shaggy-dog story
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A fabricated narrative
An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting
A long, rambling story or statement
Something said to cause amusement or laughter
Noun
▲
A fabricated narrative
story
lie
falsehood
fib
fabrication
untruth
fiction
whopper
bulldust
myth
tale
porky
canard
fable
fairy tale
falsity
mendacity
pishogue
prevarication
taradiddle
tarradiddle
whisper
fairy story
misrepresentation
nancy story
piece of fiction
tall story
terminological inexactitude
untruism
white lie
fish story
porky pie
barefaced lie
cock and bull story
cock-and-bull story
pork pie
yarn
exaggeration
detraction
concoction
invention
scandal
fantasy
kidology
trumped-up story
fake news
alternative fact
red herring
figment of imagination
urban myth
urban legend
falsification
tall tale
deception
pretence
UK
half-truth
pretense
US
made-up story
sham
departure from the truth
disinformation
pretext
little white lie
figment of the imagination
misinformation
ruse
dissimulation
flight of fancy
distortion
line
figment
rumor
US
rumour
UK
wile
trickery
stratagem
hogwash
misstatement
dishonesty
deceit
inaccuracy
perjury
fallacy
phantasy
fake
crock
jazz
hyperbole
forgery
propaganda
gossip
fraudulence
untruthfulness
fibbery
economy with the truth
song and dance
angler's tale
hoax
fudging
fibbing
equivocation
evasiveness
quibbling
lies
excuse
whitewash
malarkey
persuasion
fraud
prepared speech
guile
subterfuge
fakery
big lie
feigning
falseness
evasion
backbiting
coloring
US
adulteration
disregard for the facts
deviation from the truth
slant
twist
stretch
delusion
false statement
cover-up
half truth
false report
conspiracy theory
error
mutilation
colouring
UK
misconception
illusion
misbelief
false light
hallucination
fancy
imagination
superstition
not a true picture
apologue
creation
mistaken belief
false notion
fictitious story
smoke
opus
artifact
US
jive
work
claptrap
artefact
UK
poetic license
US
poetic licence
UK
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Noun
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An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting
anecdote
narrative
story
tale
account
yarn
chronicle
recital
relation
sketch
narration
reminiscence
gag
chestnut
episode
incident
short story
urban myth
urban legend
tall story
tall tale
fairy tale
firsthand account
fish story
old chestnut
long and short of it
myth
legend
fable
report
fiction
saga
novelette
novella
parable
history
spiel
adventure
lore
folklore
mythos
prose
potboiler
rigmarole
song
fabrication
folk tale
folk story
fairy story
sea story
traveller's tale
cock and bull story
song and dance
romance
epic
novel
book
allegory
fantasy
fictional account
drama
work of fiction
record
version
autobiography
biography
apologue
traditional story
piece of fiction
conte
nonfiction
literature
chronology
memoir
cliffhanger
mythology
dramatization
US
bestseller
tradition
old saw
mythus
cliff-hanger
fictionalization
US
creative writing
fictionalisation
UK
dramatisation
UK
short novel
oral history
fictional version
best-seller
folk tradition
romp
phantasy
moral
adventure story
piece
paperback
hardback
blockbuster
roman-fleuve
soap opera
lay
yellowback
legendry
poem
pot boiler
three-decker
play
storytelling
long poem
long story
heroic poem
cover
clothesline
poetry
cover story
item
intelligence
word
commentary
gen
information
commentaries
info
tidings
news
advices
thesis
composition
dissertation
exposition
verse
literary work
manuscript
detail
testimony
novels
sequel
tragedy
beat
comedy
serial
work of imagination
best seller
short stories
works of fiction
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Noun
▲
A long, rambling story or statement
rigmarole
saga
account
recitation
spiel
story
burble
burbling
explanation
yarn
maundering
overelaboration
palaver
lengthy story
lengthy explanation
song and dance
banging on
catalogue of disasters
carry-on
to-do
lengthy statement
soap opera
chain of events
narrative
tale
myth
legend
fable
report
fiction
novelette
novella
sketch
parable
history
anecdote
adventure
folklore
lore
mythos
prose
reminiscence
potboiler
song
fabrication
folk tale
tall tale
fish story
urban myth
folk story
sea story
fairy tale
traveller's tale
fairy story
short story
tall story
urban legend
cock and bull story
romance
narration
chronicle
record
epic
fantasy
relation
allegory
novel
traditional story
recital
commentary
chronology
book
description
drama
portrayal
version
detail
tradition
conte
commentaries
memoir
biography
autobiography
news
cliffhanger
mythology
apologue
information
statement
storytelling
Märchen
fictional account
interpretation
work of fiction
delineation
old saw
rendition
recounting
recountal
mythus
cliff-hanger
depiction
long and short of it
old chestnut
short novel
oral history
piece of fiction
folk tradition
blow by blow
romp
phantasy
gag
episode
chestnut
incident
adventure story
piece
paperback
hardback
bestseller
roman-fleuve
Marchen
blockbuster
firsthand account
yellowback
legendry
pot boiler
best-seller
three-decker
cover
literature
clothesline
notion
superstition
cover story
work of imagination
item
intelligence
word
gen
info
tidings
advices
creative writing
moral
old wives' tale
fallacy
false knowledge
superstitious belief
false belief
testimony
best seller
sequel
nonfiction
tragedy
beat
comedy
serial
representation
characterization
rundown
explication
brief
portrait
vignette
word picture
rendering
writeup
declaration
picture
ABCs
illustration
presentment
elucidation
details
portraiture
monograph
summarization
evocation
definition
summary
confession
telling
exposition
chronicling
detailing
relating
impression
perspective
side
view
describing
take
rehearsal
the whole picture
the picture
play by play
run-down
communiqué
lowdown
make
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something said to cause amusement or laughter
joke
jest
gag
quip
witticism
wisecrack
crack
josh
funny
pun
jape
pleasantry
giggle
boff
boffo
boffola
drollery
humor
US
humour
UK
lark
laugh
nifty
nonsense
rib
waggery
yuck
yuk
absurdity
banter
blague
buffoonery
chestnut
killer
raillery
repartee
ridiculousness
whimsy
anecdote
burlesque
epigram
one-liner
in-joke
rib-tickler
funny story
bon mot
knee-slapper
thigh-slapper
double entendre
old chestnut
play on words
ha-ha
inside joke
sally
witty remark
fun
comeback
wit
badinage
riposte
gibe
retort
aphorism
comedy
amusement
levity
remark
jibe
prank
rejoinder
facetiousness
return
clowning
joking
satire
spoof
funny remark
smart remark
funniness
drollness
comicality
humorousness
jocularity
barb
wittiness
dig
equivoque
comicalness
gaiety
paronomasia
jocoseness
flippancy
flash of wit
happiness
jesting
clever remark
playfulness
tomfoolery
joyfulness
lightness
jocosity
ludicrousness
kidding
high spirits
wordplay
hoax
uproariousness
ruse
jeer
aside
richness
zinger
whimsicality
insult
counter
slur
slight
insinuation
comic
hilarity
Atticism
taunt
hilariousness
amusing tale
retaliation
slapstick
irony
absurdness
sparkle
cutting remark
amusingness
black humour
UK
funny side
comical aspect
comic side
black humor
US
sense of humor
the funny side
sense of fun
apophthegm
witticisms
puns
affront
sneer
entertainment
hoot
witty comment
wile
play
quirk
quips
merriment
mot
squib
farcicality
practical joke
shaggy dog story
zaniness
good-natured remark
parody
farce
yarn
jokes
sardonic remark
smart crack
pithy remark
offence
UK
grap
offense
US
motto
counterattack
mockery
witty communication
amusing anecdote
answer
response
reply
replication
acknowledgement
UK
antiphon
lip
respond
comic relief
reprisal
topper
cooler
acknowledgment
US
back talk
back answer
snappy comeback
parting shot
innuendo
humorous moment
light-hearted moment
comical moment
calembour
ambiguity
pivot
quibble
amphibology
carriwitchet
clench
clinch
conundrum
nick
whim
pundigrion
conceit
double entente
jeu de mots
suggested meaning
figure of speech
figurative expression
double meaning
sarcasm
clapback
gem
snappy retort
epithet
indignity
outrage
cut
clever comment
slap
diss
witty poem
witty saying
brickbat
trope
dis
nice turn of phrase
jeu d'esprit
metaphor
gird
dart
poke
simile
joshing
chaff
name
persiflage
image
punch line
point
personality
backchat
teasing
imagery
crosstalk
ripostes
sallies
punnery
punning
put down
chaffing
snide remark
gag line
bantering
patter
witty remarks
give-and-take
witty conversation
bons mots
pleasant conversation
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