warhol

English

Alternative forms

• Warhol

Etymology

Named after Andy Warhol, who stated that "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes."

Noun

warhol (plural warhols)

1. 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

• While warhols are traditionally used to measure fame, they can also be used to measure time in intervals of 15 minutes.

Derived terms

• kilowarhol
• megawarhol
• milliwarhol

Further reading

• list of humorous units of measurement § warhol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia