ancedote
Once upon a time, a young man entered a talent show with his unique talent of impersonating different animals. The audience was in stitches as he effortlessly transformed into a dancing flamingo, a singing whale, and a tap-dancing penguin. The judges were so impressed by his creativity that he ended up winning the competition and becoming the talk of the town.
A brief story about something amusing or strange
anecdote
a brief personal story about an event or experience
The noun form of the adjective anecdotal is anecdote, which means a short amusing or interesting personal story. It comes from the greek anecdote (Ἀνέκδοτα), meaning unpublished or "not given out".
== An anecdote is simply a true story that is generally amusing, thought-provoking, etc. and most commonly refers to some subject the speaker is talking about. If someone were talking about the misuse of law enforcement, for example, they might tell a story about how a man in charge of road cleanup was ticketed for littering when a scrap of paper he had already picked up off the road blew out the back of his truck. == An anecdote is a brief story about something amusing or strange.
Once there was a little girl and she went shopping with her mother. They bought a pair of knickers that were the same for each of them. Th next day they wore them, and they went shopping again. They took a lift to the top floor and while in the lift the little girl pulled down her and her mothers skirt and said, "Me and my mummy have the same underwear!" The mother was so embarresed! (<--- Not funny)
A brief story about an interesting incident could be about anything. This may be at work, home, in the shopping malls or anywhere else where something interesting happened and you narrate it inform of a story.
An anecdote is a brief story about a personal experience, usually one that is amusing. An example of an anecdote is: When I was young I started crying after I broke a crayon, until my mom explained that now I had two smaller crayons. Later, when I broke a spoon in half, I told my mom not to worry because now we had two spoons!
brief account of a topic or event- can be biograpical, interesting, or humorous
Depending on the context, brief is already a verb. For example "to brief someone" is an action and therefore a verb.
No, "brief" is not a verb. It is an adjective that means short or concise.
Example sentence - The lawyer had worked long hours on his briefs.