anecdote
noun
[ ˈanɪkdəʊt ]
• a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
• "he told anecdotes about his job"
Origin:
late 17th century: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.
