Teflon

[ tef-lon ]

Trademark.

1. a fluorocarbon polymer with slippery, nonsticking properties; polytetrafluoroethylene.

adjective

1. characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:

   a Teflon politician.

Teflon

/ ˈtɛflɒn /

noun

1. polytetrafluoroethylene, when used in nonstick cooking vessels

adjective

1. facetious.
   denoting the ability to evade blame

   the Teflon president

Example Sentences

Playing around in his lab in search of a cheaper way to make plumber’s tape from Teflon, he stretched that material out while heated and found that he’d created a very thin membrane with billions of microscopic pores in every square inch.

From Outside Online

Teflon is a chemical coating that keeps food from sticking to pots and pans.

From Science News For Students

The 53-year-old actor and director is Hollywood Teflon, liked and respected by all.

From The Daily Beast

We are talking not of a Teflon Rupert, a man against whom nothing sticks.

From The Daily Beast

For Jeter and/or his team of representatives, that criticism is going to slide away like he was made of pure Teflon.

From The Daily Beast

Consider the steady-handed neurosurgeon with the outsized ego, the larger-than-life CEO, and, yes, the Teflon-coated politician.

From The Daily Beast

However, those scratching their heads over what happened to the once-Teflon Mad Men are missing the point.

From The Daily Beast

We don't know the formula yet, but it is as much more stable than our teflon as teflon is than corn-meal mush.

From Project Gutenberg

That much the Kedy brains, molded solidly into teflon-lined, massively braced steel spheres, could just withstand.

From Project Gutenberg