smoothie

Noun

smoothie (plural smoothies)

1. A smooth-talking person.
   • True to their reputations, Paul was a smoothie who put a public relations gloss on everything he said, and John was abrasive and sarcastic, speaking his mind and letting the chips fall where they may.2003, Michael Lydon, Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974, page 7
2. A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.
   • Sometimes he brings her smoothies from his favourite place on Judd Street. He has a weakness for these glutinous confections that are supposed to extend his life.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 10
3. (figuratively) A blending of different things, a mishmash
   • He shook his head and cleared the pentup anger and sadness that mixed his mind into a smoothie of emotions he bottled up inside, then scolded himself for allowing the outburst.2014, J. Steven Young, Blue Screen of Death, Speedy Publishing LLC, →ISBN
4. A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing.
   • The decision to cool myself made the next two years the hardest I had done because it meant being a smoothie and staying out of trouble, which in prison is difficult, […]1987, John Irwin (quoting Piri Thomas), The Felon
   • Film Comment's David Chute described him as: "small, stringy and intense, but he's better dressed and groomed (than Ferrara), less of a punk and more of a smoothie."1999, Nick Johnstone, Abel Ferrara: The King of New York, page viii
5. (informal) A person with shaven body hair, especially pubic hair.
   • Smoothies seem much more acceptable now. Back in the "good old days" it [pubic hair] was almost essential for pics etc.2000 April 23, Romanesque, “Shaved below”, in uk.rec.naturist (Usenet)
   • These new smoothies are everywhere. The "Body for Life" fitness program asks people to spend six weeks getting into shape and then send in before-and-after pictures. The men in the "after" shots invariably have shaved chests.2001 September 5, Lee Gomes, “Chest Shaving Is Going Mainstream, As Magazines Show Smooth Models”, in Wall Street Journal