teflon

name

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

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Multiple 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.”

   “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”

2. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”).
3. (uncountable)Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE.

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

adj

1. (informal, not-comparable)Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).

   “a Teflon image”

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

   “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.”

2. (figuratively)Non-stick, slick.
3. (figuratively)Able to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame.

   “the teflon Prime Minister”