When I use a word . . . ChatGPT: a differential diagnosis

The silly seasonWe are in the middle of what is called, or at least used to be called, the “silly season.” The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines it as “A period (typically in late summer and early autumn) when newspapers (and other media) often cover trivial material because of a lack of more important news.”1 The dictionary helpfully adds a comment explaining the origin of the term: “In the United Kingdom, the supposed lack of important news is a result of Parliament’s summer recess in August and September, along with similar breaks at other institutions. In the southern hemisphere, the term is applied to the Christmas and New Year holiday period.”The term entered the language in the 1860s. It was even suggested at one time that a dearth of genuine news during the silly season gave medical men an opportunity to advertise their latest cures, to which journalists might be…
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