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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bunch	[bʌntʃ]
Dragomir	-	Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Alemayehu	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Abhay	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Cathryn	['kæθrin]
Agathe	a-GAHT (French), ah-GAH-tə (German), ah-gah-te (Ancient Greek)	French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek