shmoozy

You have to have some kind of “shmoozy” personality to be a head chef in a restaurant, yes?

'Hell's Kitchen' recap: Yes we can? No, they can't. | EW.com 2009

Smiley and shmoozy in person, Gibbs had a magic way of reining in priests and lay people, who would invoke her name and clam up when reporters came calling on controversial matters.

Spokeswoman Susan Gibbs leaves the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, one of the busier PR jobs in town The Reliable Source 2011

Such labeling tells us little about the Senators and much more about the Journal's perceived need to stay in the shmoozy Washington media game by providing 'news' that can be fodder for attacks.

NewsTrust: Final Notes On The John McCain News Hunt 2008

Three long years, hundreds of hours of private negotiations and planning sessions, shmoozy dinners, trips to Chicago and clammy handshakes all culminated in this moment: voting on a deal with Chicago-based Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. to build and operate a county-funded convention center and medical mart, this decade's can't-miss taxpayer-funded project.

Cleveland Scene 2009

Three long years, hundreds of hours of private negotiations and planning sessions, shmoozy dinners, trips to Chicago and clammy handshakes all culminated in this moment: voting on a deal with Chicago-based Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. to build and operate a county-funded convention center and medical mart, this decade's can't-miss taxpayer-funded project.

Cleveland Scene 2009