the silly season

  • 1(the) silly season — the silly season UK US noun british informal a period during the summer when parliament is not meeting and there is little serious news for newspapers to report Thesaurus: journalism and relating to journalismhyponym …

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  • 2(the) silly season — British & Australian, informal a period of time in the summer when there is not much news, especially political news, so the newspapers have articles about events that are not important. It s the silly season again, and as usual, the papers are… …

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  • 3the silly season — high summer, regarded as the season when newspapers often publish trivial material because of a lack of important news. → silly …

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  • 4the silly season — high summer, regarded as the season when newspapers often publish trivial material because of a lack of important news …

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  • 5the silly season — UK / US noun British informal a period during the summer when parliament is not meeting and there is little serious news for newspapers to report …

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  • 6Silly season — The silly season is the period lasting for a few months (starting in mid to late summer) in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia typified by the emergence of frivolous news stories in the media. This… …

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  • 7silly season — silly .season n the silly season BrE informal a period in the summer when newspapers print stories that are not very serious because there is not much political news …

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  • 8silly season — The silly season is midsummer when Parliament is closed and nothing much is happening that is newsworthy, which reduces the press to reporting trivial and stupid stories …

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  • 9silly season —    The silly season is midsummer when Parliament is closed and nothing much is happening that is newsworthy, which reduces the press to reporting trivial and stupid stories.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 10Silly season —   The silly season is midsummer when Parliament is closed and nothing much is happening that is newsworthy, which reduces the press to reporting trivial and stupid stories …

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