单词 | silly seasoner |
释义 | > as lemmasˈsilly ˌseasoner ˈsilly ˌseasoner n. now rare a person who provides or inspires trivial material for newspapers during the silly season; (also) a silly season story. ΚΠ 1880 Funny Folks 25 Sept. I am a ‘silly’ seasoner, Sing ho the good time coming round again!—The happy times I ardently prefer, When editors vehemently complain. 1905 Bruce Herald (N.Z.) 25 July 7/6 The Nineteenth Century makes this good old subject [sc. whether women should smoke] its ‘silly seasoner’. 1934 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 10 Sept. 4/1 Newspaper people vaguely wondered why the silly season seemed less silly this year... Every silly seasoner was working on a plan to remake the world. < as lemmas |
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