A nanowarhol (or nw) = 15 minutes x 10-9 x (fame) = .000000015 minutes of fame = 9.0 x 10-7 seconds of fame = 0.0000009 seconds of fame
The first usage of nanowarhol occurred in this post on the Krugle blog in reference to the brief ascendancy of the Krugle website’s popularity in Technorati following the go-live announcement on June 15.
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chris locke 06.16.06 at 2:50
gee, and here I was almost certain I was stealing that from someone!
Frank Paynter 06.16.06 at 3:34
Nah. I googled it. You were the first for sure!