gooseberry season

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === gooseberry season (plural gooseberry seasons) (dated, idiomatic, British slang, journalism) A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories. ==== Synonyms ==== silly season === References === John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1893), “gooseberry season”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume III, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 183.