saga - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.

Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

* {{quote-news|year=2011|date=October 1|author=David Ornstein|work=BBC Sport

|title= Blackburn 0-4 Man City |passage=Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.}}

* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-08|volume=407|issue=8839|page=55|magazine=(The Economist)

|title= Obama goes troll-hunting |passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}