Pronunciation: ˌ sha-g ē - ' do ̇ g
Function: adjective
Date: 1946
: 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 punch line <a shaggy-dog comedy>