- ANECDOTE
- Amusing story
- Stand-up segment
- Raconteur's delivery
- Raconteur's offering
- Tale in a nutshell
- Bit of oral history
- Amusing tale
- Funny tale
- Reader's Digest item
- Short story
- Not published, literally
- Part of a raconteur's repertoire
- Speechmaker's icebreaker
- Component of a wedding toast, often
- Speaker's story
- Brief, often amusing narrative
- Speech opener, at times
- Short account
- Short, amusing tale
- Yarn
- Story
- Often-amusing story
- Part of a best man's toast, maybe
- One may begin "Reminds me of the time ..."
- Speaker's opening, often
- Short narrative
- Cosby specialty
- Short, amusing story
- Stand-up bit
- Light sketch
- Cute oral story
- Cute little story
- Sketch not drawn
- Speaker's intro, perhaps
- One related to others
- Offering from a teller
- Raconteur's recital
- Short, short story.
- Bit of table talk.
- Emcee's opening gambit.
- Speaker's forte.
- M.C.'s forte.
- Short tale.
- Speaker's warm-up, often
- Brief, interesting tale
- Tale told by an oldster
- Personal account
- Funny little story
- Garrison Keillor specialty
- Frequent speech starter
- Opening of many a speech
- Speech enlivener
- Short reminiscence
- Brief story that might open a speech
- Small yarn?
- Speech opener, often
- Toast lead-in, at times
- Speaker's aid
- Amusing icebreaker
- Short, amusing aside in a memoir, say
- Brief story
- Short tale that may be personal
- Short illustration
- Entertaining little story
- Story in a speech, perhaps
- Speech starter, often
