teflon

1. uncountableSynonym of polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE.

   ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.

   2016 September 11, James Eagle, Donald Trump: Why is the world so surprised?, retrieved 30 Oct 2017

   Synonyms: polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE

comparative more teflon · superlative most teflon

1. figurativelyNon-stick, slick.
2. figurativelyAble to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame.

   the teflon Prime Minister

1. A brand name of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”) products, latterly applied to other fluoropolymer products.

plural Teflons · alternative teflon

1. countableuncountableMultiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.

   ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.

   2016 November 9, James Eagle, Donald Trump: Why is the world so surprised?, retrieved 30 Oct 2017

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   Look at that there fool playing dirty tricks He must be made of Teflon 'cause nothing ever sticks Dancing 'round the room while farting in the breeze Friends huff it down like it's American cheese

   2022, “Follow the Fool”, performed by Primus

2. countableuncountableSynonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”).

   Synonyms: polytetrafluoroethylene

alternative teflon

1. informalnot comparableHaving an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).

   a Teflon image

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   But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the Teflon president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.

   1995, Liz Cunningham, Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age

   He would have called the man by his first name and said, Not at all, so and so, but though he was very good at remembering names where clients were concerned, there was something very Teflon about these guys and nothing about them was sticking with him.

   2010, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, The Godmother's Web, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, →ISBN, page 33