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  2. 15 minutes of fame - Wikipedia

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    John Langer suggests that 15 minutes of fame is an enduring concept because it permits everyday activities to become "great effects." [15] Tabloid journalism and the paparazzi have accelerated this trend, turning what may have before been isolated coverage into continuing media coverage even after the initial reason for media interest has ...

  3. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    This is a unit of fame or hype, derived from the dictum attributed to Andy Warhol that "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes". It represents fifteen minutes of fame. Some multiples are: 1 kilowarhol – famous for 15,000 minutes, or 10.42 days. A sort of metric "nine-day wonder". 1 megawarhol – famous for 15 million minutes, or ...

  4. 15 Minutes (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    15 Minutes (band), a 1981 rock group formed by Steve Wynn and members of Alternate Learning; 15 Minutes (Barry Manilow album), 2011; 15 Minutes (Nik Kershaw album), 1999 "15 Minutes" (Rodney Atkins song), 2009 "15 Minutes" (The Yeah You's song), 2009 "15 Minutes", a song by Kirsty MacColl from the album Kite, 1989

  5. 12-hour clock - Wikipedia

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    Minutes past the hour means those minutes are added to the hour; "ten past five" means 5:10. Minutes to, 'til and of the hour mean those minutes are subtracted; "ten of five", "ten 'til five", and "ten to five" all mean 4:50. Fifteen minutes is often called a quarter hour, and thirty minutes is often known as a half hour. For example, 5:15 can ...

  6. Glossary of rugby union terms - Wikipedia

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    0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...

  7. Academic quarter (class timing) - Wikipedia

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    When the bell rang on the hour, students had 15 minutes to get to the lecture. [1] Thus a lecture with a defined start time of 10:00 would start at 10:15. Academic quarter exists to a varying extent in many universities, especially where the campus is spread out over a larger area, necessitating the fifteen-minute delay for the students to walk ...

  8. Puerto Ricans are pushing to make these unique slang words ...

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    Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.

  9. Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night ...