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silly season

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silly season
n
(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Brit a period, usually during the hot summer months, when journalists fill space reporting on frivolous events and activities
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Noun1.silly season - a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
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silly season
n → närrische Zeit; (Brit Press) → Saure-Gurken-Zeit f


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