Associations to the word «Sideshow»

Wiktionary

SIDESHOW, noun. A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair, music festival or similar.
SIDESHOW, noun. An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern.
SIDESHOW, noun. (US) An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform donuts for an extended period of time.

Dictionary definition

SIDESHOW, noun. A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event; "instruction is not an educational sideshow".
SIDESHOW, noun. A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats