pantouflage
French
Etymology
From pantoufler + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑ̃.tu.flaʒ/
Noun
pantouflage m (plural pantouflages)
- the phenomenon of civil servants and politicians moving over to prominent private-sector jobs
Further reading
- “pantouflage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.