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{{also|teflon|téflon}}
{{also|teflon|téflon}}
==English==
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en|Teflon (disambiguation)}}
{{swp|lang=en}}


===Etymology===
===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>
Trade name, 1940s. From the first letters of {{af|en|tetra-|t1=four|fluoro-|t2=fluorine|-on}}, modeled after {{m|en|nylon}} etc. From the {{l|en|fluorine}} count of {{m|en|polytetrafluoroethylene}}.<ref>{{R:Lexico}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtɛflɒn/}}


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

# A brand name of {{l|en|polytetrafluoroethylene||{{l|en|PTFE}}}} products, latterly applied to other {{l|en|fluoropolymer}} products.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en| Teflon Don
|teflon
|Teflonish
}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}


# Multiple [[film]], [[resin]], [[coating]]s, fabric and surface protectors made with [[PTFE]] ([[polytetrafluoroethylene]]) or [[fluoropolymer]] and [[surfactant]]s not made with PTFE.
# Multiple [[film]], [[resin]], [[coating]]s, fabric and surface protectors made with [[PTFE]] ([[polytetrafluoroethylene]]) or [[fluoropolymer]] and [[surfactant]]s not made with PTFE.
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#: {{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.}}
#* {{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.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2022|artist={{w|Primus (band)|Primus}}|title={{w|Conspiranoid|Follow the Fool}}
|passage=Look at that there fool playing dirty tricks<br/>He must be made of '''Teflon''' 'cause nothing ever sticks<br/>Dancing 'round the room while farting in the breeze<br/>Friends huff it down like it's American cheese}}
# {{synonym of|en|polytetrafluoroethylene||{{l|en|PTFE}}}}

====Alternative forms====
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* {{alter|en|teflon}}

====Coordinate terms====
{{col3|en|
|Gore-Tex
|ePTFE
}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Teflon flu}}
{{col3|en|
|Teflon flu
}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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# {{lb|en|informal|of a person}} Having an [[undamageable]] [[reputation]] (by analogy with [[nonstick]] Teflon surfaces).
# {{lb|en|informal|of a person}} Having an [[undamageable]] [[reputation]] (by analogy with [[nonstick]] Teflon surfaces).
#: {{ux|en|a '''Teflon''' image}}
#* {{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.}}
#* {{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]:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Elizabeth Ann Scarborough|title=The Godmother's Web|publisher=Gypsy Shadow Publishing|isbn=9781452483962|pageurl=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.
|passage=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===
====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|Gore-Tex}}
* {{alter|en|teflon}}
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* {{l|en|ePTFE}}


===Further reading===
====Coordinate terms====
{{col3|en|
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* {{pedia|polytetrafluoroethylene}}
|like water off a duck's back
|water off a duck's back
|rubber
}}


===References===
===References===
<references/>
<references/>

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


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


{{C|en|Fluorine}}
[[Category:English genericized trademarks]]
{{cln|en|genericized trademarks}}

Latest revision as of 12:51, 27 September 2024

See also: teflon and téflon

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 Teflon on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Trade name, 1940s. From the first letters of tetra- (“four”) +‎ fluoro- (“fluorine”) +‎ -on, modeled after nylon etc. From the fluorine count of polytetrafluoroethylene.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Teflon

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

Derived terms

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Noun

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Teflon (countable and uncountable, plural Teflons)

  1. Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
    • 2016 November 9, James Eagle, Donald Trump: Why is the world so surprised?‎[1], retrieved 30 October 2017:
      ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.
    • 2022, “Follow the Fool”, performed by Primus:
      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. Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”)

Alternative forms

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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Teflon (not comparable)

  1. (informal, of a person) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
    a Teflon image
    • 1995, Liz Cunningham, Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age:
      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, 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.

Alternative forms

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ “Teflon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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