warhol
/ˈwɔɹhɑl/
warhol noun: a unit of fame or hype that is equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame.
Noun (1)
warhol (plural warhols)
- A unit of fame or hype that is equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame.
- The basic unit of hype would have to be the warhol, and obviously it would be equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame. A thousand warhols could be a kilowarhol […]1997 February 10, Cullen Murphy, “Too Much of a Good Thing”, in Slate
Proper noun capitalized: Warhol
Warhol
- A surname from Carpathian Rusyn
Noun (2) capitalized: Warhol
Warhol (plural Warhols)
- Alternative letter-case form of warhol.
warhol meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
warhol in Hindi
- वारहोल, वार्होल, वॉरहोल
warhol in Tamil
- வார்ஹோல்
warhol in Marathi
- वॉरहोल, वारहोल, वार्होल
warhol in Urdu
- وارہول
More languagesFewer languages
- warhol in Bengali
- ওয়ারহল, ওয়ারহোল
- warhol in Telugu
- వార్హోల్
- warhol in Malayalam
- വാർഹോൾ
- warhol in Kannada
- ವಾರ್ಹೋಲ್
- warhol in Punjabi
- ਵਾਰਹੋਲ
- warhol in Gujarati
- વારહોલ, વાર્હોલ, વોરહોલ
- warhol in Odia
- ୱାରହୋଲ, ୱାରହୋଲ୍
- warhol in Nepali
- वारहोल, वार्होल
Forms of warhol
| plural | warhols |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Warhol |
| plural | Warhols |
Origin of warhol
Named after Andy Warhol, who stated that "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes." Coined by American writer Cullen Murphy.
Alteration of Warhola, from Carpathian Rusyn вархола (varxola).
Words formed from warhol
Questions about warhol
- What does warhol mean?
- Warhol means a unit of fame or hype that is equivalent to fifteen minutes of fame.
- What is warhol in Hindi?
- Warhol in Hindi is वारहोल, वार्होल, वॉरहोल. See Warhol meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is warhol?
- Warhol can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce warhol?
- Warhol is pronounced /ˈwɔɹhɑl/ (US).
- What is the plural of warhol?
- The plural of warhol is warhols.
Words near warhol in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: warhol (page history and authors); Warhol (page history and authors); warhol (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warhol (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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