anecdote

Definition

  • noun: a short story about an interesting or funny event or occurrence
  • noun: a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
  • synonyms: account, haggada, incident

Examples

  • He told us all sorts of humorous 'anecdotes' about his childhood.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) a great actor, naturalistic. You gotta be naturalistic as hell. If you're a bad actor, that's bullshit in this job. What is this? That's an amusing anecdote about a drug deal. Something funny that happened to you while you were doing a job. I gotta memorize all this? (..)
    1992 Reservoir Dogs