famous

famous for being famous having no recognizable reason for your fame other than high media exposure.

famous for fifteen minutes (especially of an ordinary person) enjoying a brief period of fame before fading back into obscurity.

☞ In 1968, the pop artist Andy Warhol (1927–87) predicted that 'in the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes'. Short-lived celebrity or notoriety is now often referred to as fifteen minutes of fame.

famous last words said as an ironic comment on or reply to an overconfident assertion that may well soon be proved wrong by events.

☞ This expression apparently originated as a catchphrase in mid-20th-century armed forces' slang.

2011AndrewThe 4th Avenue Blues So far, so good! No disappearing acts going on around here. Those may be my famous last words so I better knock on wood.