"endless September" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: endless September [canonical], the endless September [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=~}} endless September or the endless September
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Endless September. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Endless September
    Sense id: en-endless_September-en-name-3NUQT6-u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "'Course, none of the all-time top 10 scored either a 1 or a 2, but that could be due to the fact that they all happened in the old days before endless September, when netizens as a species were still capable of grasping abstruse concepts like 1=bad, 5=good.",
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          "text": "To the extent that the \"endless September\" remains a widely popular theme, however, it's certainly an interesting one, which bears comparison with the way in which the Roman Republic maintained various themes from its early years for a Long Long Time, even past the point at which they had any contemporary *relevance*, to say nothing of contemporary *value*. Consider on the one hand the Importance of Breeding True-Blooded Citizens, […]",
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