15 minutes of fame

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• 15 minutes

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.

Noun

15 minutes of fame (only in this plural form)

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

   The barbershop quartet Homer put together had its 15 minutes of fame before fans simply lost interest.

Derived terms

• 15 megabytes of fame

Related terms

• famous for fifteen minutes

Translations

fifteen minutes of fame

Afrikaans: vyftien minute van roem (af) Albanian: pesëmbëdhjetë minuta famë (sq) Belarusian: пятнаццаць хвілін славы (be) (piatnaccać chvilin słavy) Chinese: Mandarin: 短暫出名, 短暂出名 (duǎnzàn chūmíng), 大出風頭 (cmn), 大出风头 (cmn) (dà chū fēngtou) Finnish: 15 minuuttia (fi) kuuluisuutta (fi) French: quart d'heure de gloire (fr) m. German: fünfzehn Minuten Ruhm (de)

Greek: δεκαπέντε λεπτά δημοσιότητας (el) (dekapénte leptá dimosiótitas) Hebrew: חמש עשרה דקות של תהילה (he) (khamesh esre dakot shel tehila) Polish: piętnaście minut sławy (pl) Romanian: cincisprezece minute de faima (ro) Russian: пятнадцать минут славы (ru) (pjatnádcat' minút slávy) Spanish: quince minutos de fama (es) Swedish: femton minuter i rampljuset, femton minuter av berömmelse (sv) Turkish: sabunköpüğü (tr)