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teflon adjective describes a person to whom blame doesn’t stick US From the non-stick properties of polytetrafluoroethylene, trademarked as Teflon.- Under the headline “Teflon Sven”, the Sun says Sven Goran Eriksson will stay on despite plunging the FA into crisis. — BBC News, 3 August 2004
- The elder Gotti, known as the Teflon Don, was convicted of murder and racketeering in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison. — The Scotsman, 22 July 2004
- This might be the ideal time for Teflon Tony [Blair] to come unstuck. — The Observer, 25 July 2004
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