15 minutes
IPA: mˈɪnʌts
noun
- Ellipsis of 15 minutes of fame. [(idiomatic) A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.]
Examples of "15-minutes" in Sentences
- Think again -- here's a routine to tighten flabby abs in just 15-minutes a day!
- Palin is just another Republican shill, laughing her way to the bank as she trades on her 15-minutes of fame.
- Oswald Bill Pullman went very quickly from being a virtual TV messiah to a celebrity whose 15-minutes were about up.
- If you are going to study for a test for an hour, it is better to study for four days 15-minutes at a time, than to study for an hour all at once.
- And what is unlikely to matter during its 15-minutes of mud-spattered fame is that Christians for a Moral America consists entirely of one guy: fury-fueled Keith.