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fifteen minutes of fame

fifteen minutes of fame is the alternative form 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

Questions about fifteen minutes of fame

What is fifteen minutes of fame the alternative form of?
Fifteen minutes of fame is the alternative form of 15 minutes of fame.

Words near fifteen minutes of fame in the dictionary

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

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