The term megillah is also used in a joking way, in reference to any lengthy story.

That's in addition to a recent lengthy story in Business Week.

The Boys' Friend introduced the first truly lengthy stories (of up to 60,000 words), allowing for greater plot and character development.

I have a rather lengthy story to tell you, much of which the captain also has not heard.

Morris believed that readers had an appetite for such lengthy stories.

An emotional, high-strung conversationalist, Paar was known for telling lengthy stories about himself.

Newspapers across the country carried lengthy front-page stories examining Pierce's colorful and controversial career.

There is a whole lengthy story behind the tachograph itself.

This is represented in the lengthy stories on great figures of the past (the "Anecdotes", etc.).

Daniel writes a lengthy story about how he was falsely accused.