Noun
15 minutes of fame pl (plural only)
(idiomatic) A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife. Barack Obama
I didn't want that 15 minutes of fame moment like, 'Oh, she said she was gay.' Kirsten Vangsness
Andy Warhol was paraphrasing McLuhan with his now famous 15 minutes of fame quote. Source: Internet
But before Silva knew it, the courtship had crumbled, and Brooks turned out to be a guy just trying for his 15 minutes of fame. Source: Internet
He’ll have a baby book filled with news clips and screen grabs of his 15 minutes of fame, and a great story to tell of his birth. Source: Internet
He followed that with - a biography about "that woman" as former US president Bill Clinton called Monica Lewinsky in the midst of her 15 minutes of fame. Source: Internet