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A midway point betwixt a long story and its bullet points ("long story short"). Extra useless information is provided strictly to occupy more of the reader/listener's time.
A "long story medium" will contain less information than the original story upon which it is based, but can still be condensed further into a shorter, more succinct story.
There's so much to tell about last night's date, but long story medium, we went to dinner where we both ordered entrees and the appetizers were delicious, saw a movie which was 2 hours long, ate ice cream in 3 different flavours, and I now have an STI.
Someone who turns a 30 second story in to a 30 minute speech.
Matt is such a pippy long story. Whenever he starts a story, make sure you have a fresh drink and a snack. Because you are going to be there a while!
The Toy Story Conundrum says just because some scenario take place when you are not noticing, does not mean it does not happen at all, like the Toys being alive cannot be disputed because they are active when you aren't watching.
Of course, there are other applications of the phrase too,
C : "I don't usually kill spiders because they kill the other insects. It's like they work for me but I need them to stay in certain areas of the house."
A : "But why? they create invisible webs and are a pest, so I guess it's best to kill"
C : "I don't know if we do or if the spider gets them before I notice."
A: "Fair point, it's the toy story conundrum"
Contemporary version of Long Story Short. Typically seen as LSD in electronic media (twitter, Reddit, facebook, text messages, emails, etc). Most often used when the outcome of a story is predictable.
My cousin set me up on a blind date. Long Story Deleted, she has been disinherited.
The Curse of the Squidgy Gun
A Horror Story
by H uman
Whilst investigating the death of a local nurse, a brave swordsman called Elizabeth Barker uncovers a legend about a supernaturally-cursed, squidgy gun circulating throughout Kent. As soon as anyone uses the gun, he or she has exactly 80 days left to live.
The doomed few appear to be ordinary people during day to day life, but when photographed, they look translucent. A marked person feels like a solid tortoise to touch.
Elizabeth gets hold of the gun, refusing to believe the superstition. A collage of images flash into her mind: a slimy puppy balancing on a cold nurse, an old newspaper headline about a golfing accident, a hooded aardvark ranting about ankles and a drinking well located in a grand place.
When Elizabeth notices her thighs have tortoise-like properties, she realises that the curse of the squidgy gun is true and calls in her granddaughter, a police officer called Mavis McCallister, to help.
Mavis examines the gun and willingly submits herself to the curse. She finds that the same visions flash before his eyes. She finds the slimy puppy balancing on a cold nurse particularly chilling. She joins the queue for a supernatural death.
Elizabeth and Mavis pursue a quest to uncover the meaning of the visions, starting with a search for the hooded aardvark. Will they be able to stop the curse before their time is up?
Thank you for reading my horror story example
A slightly more "polite" way of saying "I wasn't listening" and/or "I don't care"
Person 1: "bro, you should've seen all the bitches that were hanging off me last night"
Person 2: "cool story, bro"
A story that is made up, opinionated, blown out of proportion, and lack any kind of accuracy.
That isn’t true! You just told a Glenn Reasor story!