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{{also|teflon|téflon}}
==English==

===Etymology===
Trade name, 1940s. From the first letters of {{af|en|tetra-|t1=four|fluoro-|-on}}, modeled after {{m|en|nylon}} etc.<ref>{{R:Lexico}}</ref>

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# Multiple [[film]], [[resin]], [[coating]]s, fabric and surface protectors made with [[PTFE]] ([[polytetrafluoroethylene]]) or [[fluoropolymer]] and [[surfactant]]s not made with PTFE.
#: {{syn|en|polytetrafluoroethylene}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=James Eagle|work=Donald Trump: Why is the world so surprised?|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/president-elect-donald-trump-why-world-so-surprised-james-eagle?articleId=6200616947881771008|date=9 November 2016|accessdate=30 October 2017|passage=...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made '''teflon''' look sticky.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Teflon flu}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|informal|of a person}} Having an [[undamageable]] [[reputation]] (by analogy with [[nonstick]] Teflon surfaces).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1995|author=Liz Cunningham|title=Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age|passage=But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the '''Teflon''' president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.}}
#* '''2010''', Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ''The Godmother's Web'', Gypsy Shadow Publishing ({{ISBN|9781452483962}}), [https://books.google.de/books?id=uajTrdydS_gC&lpg=PA33&dq=%22very%20teflon%22&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q=%22very%20teflon%22&f=false page 33]:
#*: 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.

===See also===
* {{l|en|Gore-Tex}}
* {{l|en|ePTFE}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|polytetrafluoroethylene}}

===References===
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eflnot|Felton}}

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