pantouflage

French

Etymology

From pantoufler +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.tu.flaʒ/

Noun

pantouflage m (plural pantouflages)

1. 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.