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15 minutes of fame

noun

Etymology

First appears c. 1968, although a use in French appears as early as 1821 in Histoire de l'Assemblée constituante by Charles Lacretelle. Often misattributed to Andy Warhol, in a catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm: “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”

  1. derived from appears as early as 1821 in Histoire de l'Assemblée constituante by Charles Lacretelle

Definitions

  1. A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or…

    A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.

    • […] Paula [Jones] was, even to her lawyers, a loose cannon—as prepared to risk her marriage and her well-being to get the president to confess his original sin as she was intent on making big money and getting her fifteen minutes of fame.
    • In the next chapter, we'll meet twenty-five hopefuls who have already begun to experience their fifteen minutes of fame as a result of exposure on YouTube.
    • By the time we went to Central Park, someone walking in the park said they had just seen us on Fox that morning. It was like being a rock star with a whole fifteen minutes of fame. So it was fun for a time.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA