anecdote vs long and short of it

anecdote

noun
  • A previously untold secret account of an incident. 

  • An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis. 

  • A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. 

verb
  • To tell anecdotes (about). 

long and short of it

How often have the words anecdote and long and short of it occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )