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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)
- (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.
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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)
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- Greek: δεκαπέντε λεπτά δημοσιότητας (el) (dekapénte leptá dimosiótitas)
- Hebrew: חמש עשרה דקות של תהילה (he) (khamesh esre dakot shel tehila)
- Norwegian: femten minutters berømmelse (no)
- Polish: piętnaście minut sławy (pl)
- Romanian: cincisprezece minute de faima (ro)
- Russian: пятнадцать минут славы (ru) (pjatnádcatʹ minút slávy)
- Spanish: quince minutos de fama (es)
- Swedish: femton minuter i rampljuset, femton minuter av berömmelse (sv)
- Turkish: sabunköpüğü (tr)
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