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Teflon
[ tef-lon ]
- a fluorocarbon polymer with slippery, nonsticking properties; polytetrafluoroethylene.
adjective
- characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
a Teflon politician.
Teflon
/ ˈtɛflɒn /
noun
- polytetrafluoroethylene, when used in nonstick cooking vessels
adjective
- facetious.denoting the ability to evade blame
the Teflon president
Example Sentences
The 53-year-old actor and director is Hollywood Teflon, liked and respected by all.
We are talking not of a Teflon Rupert, a man against whom nothing sticks.
For Jeter and/or his team of representatives, that criticism is going to slide away like he was made of pure Teflon.
Consider the steady-handed neurosurgeon with the outsized ego, the larger-than-life CEO, and, yes, the Teflon-coated politician.
However, those scratching their heads over what happened to the once-Teflon Mad Men are missing the point.
We don't know the formula yet, but it is as much more stable than our teflon as teflon is than corn-meal mush.
That much the Kedy brains, molded solidly into teflon-lined, massively braced steel spheres, could just withstand.
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