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[Noun] | "silly season"
1: a period (such as late summer) when the mass media often focus on trivial or frivolous matters for lack of major news stories
2: a period marked by frivolous, outlandish, or illogical activity or behavior
Origin: 1861 ;
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# 1 - { silly season:3352990 }
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[ "silly season" ]
1: A term for the period in the year where the media/press (particularly newspapers, tabloids) do not have enough articles to fill the paper/schedule, and so resort to unverifiable, trivial, irrelevant, stupid or hoax stories. Phrase used particularly in British satire.
* e.g., ... When reading a newspaper: "'Buckingham Palace corridors are fitted with traffic lights to stop staff bumping into the Queen?' Must be silly season again."
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[ "silly season" ]
1: any time when the silly things people do are frequently reported in the media
* e.g., ... You know its silly season when the odd news section is chock full of new articles.
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[ "silly season" ]
1: A term, widely used in the NASCAR community to describe the rumor(s) on which driver may or may not be leaving his current team for another team and the end of his contract. This normally takes place around the 1/2 way point of the season.
* e.g., ... "Hey, Scooter... did you hear that Dale Jarrett might be leaving RYR to drive for Michael Waltrip? And he'll drive a Toyota??"
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[ "silly season" ]
1: The political primary season in the United States, where the party rank-and-file select their candidates for elective office. So called because of the phony "issues" prospective candidates dredge up to get attention, which tend to have little to do with the real challenges facing the republic.
* e.g., ... "The silly season is upon us!"
[ "silly season" ]
2: Thought to have originated in New Hampshire, the state with the first presidential primaries.
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[ "silli season" ]
1: When most of your female friends do breast implants.
* e.g., ... Guy1: Have you saw Elaine recently? She looks like she´s got her boobs inflated!
# 6 - { Silly season:3339388 }
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[ "Silly season" ]
1: The holiday season or Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and any other holidays that fall into that time frame. It's called that because people of all the holiday related stress contributes to increases of suicide.
* e.g., ... Wow, three suicides on campus this month? That's why they call it the "Silly season"
# 7 - { Political silly season:5815578 }
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[ "Political silly season" ]
1: In politics, the time, especially just before the election, when underliverable promises and wild accusations are the order of the day.
* e.g., ... The Left Wing's accusation that the conservative candidate was buying votes is an example of the pre-election political silly season.
# 8 - { Silly Season (Formula 1):18056946 }
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[ "Silly Season (Formula 1)" ]
1: The period of time (usually in the months of December and January) where drivers change teams in the sport of Formula One, with driver moves usually being big news in the Formula One community.
* e.g., ... Person 1: Dude, have you seen this year's Silly Season (Formula 1)?
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[ "Silly Season (Formula 1)" ]
1: A period of time (usually in the months of December and January) where drivers switch teams, usually triggered by a driver Retirment or rookie entering the sport. The term is widely used in the god forsaken F1 twitter and F1 news.
* e.g., ... Person 1: Dawg, have you seen the Silly Season (Formula 1) this year?
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