fifteen minutes

Short fame duration

A period of brief fame or notoriety, from Andy Warhol's observation that "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes." Someone's fifteen minutes of fame is their moment in the spotlight, often with the implication that it won't last: He had his fifteen minutes after the video went viral, then everyone forgot about him.

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