Teflon
[ tef-lon ]
/ ˈtɛf lɒn /
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Trademark.
a fluorocarbon polymer with slippery, nonsticking properties; polytetrafluoroethylene.
adjective
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism: a Teflon politician.
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Teflon
/ (ˈtɛflɒn) /
noun
trademark polytetrafluoroethylene, when used in nonstick cooking vessels
adjective
facetious denoting the ability to evade blamethe Teflon president
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Teflon
commercially important synthetic polymer, 1945, proprietary name registered in U.S. by du Pont, from chemical name (poly)te(tra)fl(uoroethylene) + arbitrary ending -on; popularized as a coating of non-stick pans in 1960s; metaphoric extension, especially in reference to U.S. President Ronald Reagan, is attested from an Aug. 2, 1983, speech on the floor of Congress by Pat Schroeder.
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