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15 minutes of fame

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15 minutes of fame

A brief period of celebrity or notoriety. The term was coined by artist Andy Warhol. Jane had her 15 minutes of fame when she appeared on the nightly news broadcast.
See also: fame, minute, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
'Avishay-Biblical Hebrew
Kusumakoo-SOO-mahIndonesian
RinṙeenJapanese
Hackett['hækit]
Ekkebert-Ancient Germanic
Tacitotah-CHEE-to (Italian), tah-THEE-to (Spanish), tah-SEE-to (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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