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Complete Definition of "fifteen minutes of fame"

English

Phrase
fifteen minutes of fame

  1. Alternate form of 15 minutes of fame.
  2. idiom A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.

Etymology
1968: Andy Warhol, in a catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm
:In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.

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