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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
silly season - Any slow news period characterized by trivial news or no news.
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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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Bonfire Night and Mischief Night can, however, be an awkward and silly time - the so-called silly season as it's known - which causes a few annual problems.
We're in silly season; Mailbag by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
We have seen this government's policies moved from tax and spend to borrow and spend, and if its poll ratings continue to dip after the silly season and there is no possible recovery in sight, then we may even see the final malevolent act of slash and burn, to ensure the Tories inherit an economic landscape so barren it would send shivers down the spine of the bravest of political leaders.
We are the victims; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Byline: Kenny Toal THOSE of us in the trade call it the silly season.
First blush of summer; NORTH East Tonight reporter and presenter ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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