warhol
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Named after Andy Warhol, who stated that "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes."
Noun[edit]
warhol (plural warhols)
- A unit of fame or hype that is equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame.
- 1997 October 2, Cullen Murphy, “Too Much of a Good Thing”, in Slate[1]:
- The basic unit of hype would have to be the warhol, and obviously it would be equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame.
Usage notes[edit]
- While warhols are traditionally used to measure fame, they can also be used to measure time in intervals of 15 minutes.
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Further reading[edit]
list of humorous units of measurement § warhol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
