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long story short

Something a person says halfway through a long, pointless story with trivial details that are interesting to nobody except the storyteller.

(Fifteen minutes of droning blather). Long story short, (fifteen more minutes of rambling digressions.)

by acidnoir July 22, 2010

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Long Story Short

A phrase describing the process of eliminating the silly extraneous nonsense, and delivering only the good stuff, that's long story short.

After a 10 day trip across the Heartland, well...long story short...we got engaged!

by ElCommissioner August 13, 2018

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its a long story

a phrase when a person does not want to go into a certain subject; or speak of a certain matter.

Person 1:Hey I heard you in Jenny broke up what happened man.
Person 2: Yea its a long story.(thinks in his head:I'm getting tired of everyone asking that I don't want to talk about it what don't they get?

by Mrusername798 April 16, 2010

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long story, no plot

A euphemism used when a story's actual details are too complicated to understand, or too embarassing to get into, or just too boring to bother with wasting the other person's time.

"Why did you two break up?"
"Long story, no plot."

by Alexandra August 6, 2004

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long story short

to summarize a longer story (short for to make a long story short)

Yes, but long story short you need to work harder.

by The Return of Light Joker September 15, 2008

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Long Story Deleted

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.

by AllusiveCrayon June 2, 2012


pippy long story

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!

by pharmbored December 5, 2020