Teflon

See also: teflon and téflon

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Etymology

Trade name.

Proper noun

Teflon

  1. Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
    • 2016 November 9, James Eagle, Donald Trump: Why is the world so surprised?‎, retrieved 30 October 2017:
      ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.

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Teflon (not comparable)

  1. (informal, of a politician) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
    • 1995, Liz Cunningham, Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age:
      But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the Teflon president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.

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