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Silly season   /sˈɪli sˈizən/   Listen
Silly season

noun
1.
A time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news.





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"Silly season" Quotes from Famous Books



... officer wear his uniform always?" writes the perennial gratuitous ass to the Press, periodically in the Silly Season.... ...
— Snake and Sword - A Novel • Percival Christopher Wren
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... of the silly season one's thoughts turn naturally to the prospect of stealing into print and enjoying all the sweets of authorship without the reception of a cheque to vulgarise them. An infinite variety of topics, our representative gathered yesterday, is now on the eve of discussion, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 • Various
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