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15 minutes

15 minutes is the ellipsis of 15 minutes of fame.

Meaning of 15 minutes of fame

Noun

15 minutes of fame pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.
    • […] Paula [Jones] was, even to her lawyers, a loose cannon—as prepared to risk her marriage and her well-being to get the president to confess his original sin as she was intent on making big money and getting her fifteen minutes of fame.2007, Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency, New York: PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 274

Forms of 15 minutes

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Questions about 15 minutes

What is 15 minutes the ellipsis of?
15 minutes is the ellipsis of 15 minutes of fame.

Words near 15 minutes in the dictionary

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  4. 14ᵗʰ
  5. 15 megabytes of fame
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  8. 15 minutes of shame
  9. 15 puzzle
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  11. 15-crown-5

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