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silly season
noun
- a time of year, usually in midsummer or during a holiday period, characterized by exaggerated news stories, frivolous entertainments, outlandish publicity stunts, etc.:
The new movie reminds us that the silly season is here.
silly season
noun
- a period, usually during the hot summer months, when journalists fill space reporting on frivolous events and activities
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Origin of silly season1
Example Sentences
The “silly season” of news coverage used to refer to the dog days of summer, when there was so little of importance happening that newspapers and cable channels filled the vacuum with fluff.
Zuriff was responsible for previous iterations of 'The Match' - televised silly season clashes for cash.
The silly season in college football, that time when coaches get fired and hired, seems to never stop.
“I think that fact has kind of pushed the whole silly season forward where it hasn’t really been any movements,” Rosenqvist said.
He described it as a product of the “political silly season” in which candidates are grasping at ways to address the crime issue.
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