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  1. 15 minutes of famenoun

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

  2. Etymology: * 1968: Andy Warhol, in a catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm

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  1. 15 minutes of fame

    15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was inspired by a quotation misattributed to Andy Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Attributed to two other people, the first printed use was in the program for a 1968 exhibition of Warhol's work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. The phenomenon is often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry or other areas of popular culture, such as reality television and YouTube. An older version of the same concept in English is the expression "nine days' wonder." This phrase dates at least as far back as the Elizabethan era, referencing William Kempe.

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  1. 15 minutes of fame

    15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was coined by Andy Warhol, who said in 1968 that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." The phenomenon is often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry or other areas of popular culture, such as reality television and YouTube. It is believed that the statement was an adaptation of a theory of Marshall McLuhan, explaining the differences of media, where TV differs much from other media using contestants.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of 15 minutes of fame in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of 15 minutes of fame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of 15 minutes of fame in a Sentence

  1. Adewale Ogunleye:

    Financial education, dealing with our financial advisors, make sure they understand, that our athletes need to have a legacy, and then also, lastly, dealing with our clients themselves, the athletes themselves and entertainers, making sure that we get behind them, their philanthropic endeavors, the life after the stage, after sports. Because even if you are a Tom Brady, you still have the rest of your life to live, right? What are you going to do with that? Even if you’re an anomaly like myself and played 11 years in the league, I was done in my 30s. I’m still fairly young, so I haven’t retired from life. And I think that what we’re going to do at UBS is we’re going to look at our athletes as businessmen, business women, entrepreneurs, knowing that this is just a small segment of their life. And once those 15 minutes of fame are up on the on the field, we want to make sure that you have a much longer, longer life to live toward getting that legacy for you and your family, maybe the communities that you’ve come from.

  2. Taryn Fenske:

    Senator Pizzo never misses an opportunity for his 15 minutes of fame and is challenging an action on an appropriation he voted for.

  3. John Carlos:

    I earned my right to be on that victory stand. No one was out there in the mornings when I was training... I trained to represent this country, to go to the Olympics, based on my commitment to the program and my spiritual belief in God... that 15 minutes of fame( on the podium) I had to do what I feel is the right thing to do.

  4. Robert Belveal:

    I believe that if you're not convicted of a crime, then why should you be judged? All it takes is for one person to say something, then you have all these other people wanting to get their 15 minutes of fame.

  5. Tom Tillotson:

    Every four years, Dixville voters get their five minutes of fame, four minutes later, everybodys forgotten about usforanother four years.


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