When someone earns their fifteen minutes of fame, and uses them to insert themselves into an unrelated place in the public imagination. Also see "famous for being famous".
Dr. Joyce Brothers went on the game show The $64,000 Question and won the top prize. Then she got on other TV shows, until they gave her her own show! She got those Riley gains! #RileyGains
by DoGoSo September 27, 2025
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