fifteen minutes of fame
| Main Entry: | fifteen minutes of fame |
| Part of Speech: | phr |
| Definition: | a commentary on the amount of time anyone is really in the spotlight |
| Etymology: | from Andy Warhol's "In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes." |
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