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fifteen megabytes of fame

fifteen megabytes of fame is the alternative form of 15 megabytes of fame.

Meaning of 15 megabytes of fame

Noun

15 megabytes of fame pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only) A modest amount of fame achieved in the world of computing, as by inclusion on a popular video or audio clip available on the Internet.
    • Culture is your friend who likes to draw[…]. / The web is an opportunity to make good our fifteen megabytes of fame. / The more widespread and grassroots the Internet, the more difficult it will be to dominate and control it.1995, The New Yorker

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Fifteen megabytes of fame is the alternative form of 15 megabytes of fame.

Words near fifteen megabytes of fame in the dictionary

  1. FIFOs
  2. fift
  3. fifteen
  4. fifteen and two
  5. fifteen hundred
  6. fifteen megabytes of fame
  7. fifteen minutes
  8. fifteen minutes of fame
  9. fifteen-minute city
  10. fifteener
  11. fifteeners

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