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Possibly from an article in the 13 July 1861 edition of the London weekly newspaper The Saturday Review (see quotation).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
silly season
sil·ly sea·sonToday it means: A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories. Full definition →