核心畫面

Think of something going down without a single bump. Whole fruit spun until there is nothing left to chew, so the drink slides straight down — that is the picture the name is built on, smooth with a casual -ie on the end. Now move the same picture from a glass to a person: the words come out with no bumps either, nothing catches, nothing is awkward. Which is pleasant in a drink, and makes you wonder a little in a person.

可以想成「一路都不卡」的那種順。整顆水果打到沒有東西可以咬,喝下去一滑到底——名字就是從這個畫面來的:smooth 更多收起可以想成「一路都不卡」的那種順。整顆水果打到沒有東西可以咬,喝下去一滑到底——名字就是從這個畫面來的:smooth 加上隨口的小尾巴 -ie。接著把同一個畫面從杯子移到人身上:他講話也一樣不卡,沒有停頓,沒有尷尬的地方。在飲料裡,這叫好喝;在人身上,就會讓人想多留一個心眼。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary derives it as smooth + -ie, which is exactly the thread both uses hang on.

資料來源把它記成 smooth 加上 -ie。這條線索正好是兩個意思共用的那一條:滑順。差別只在滑順的是口感還是講話的方式。

Wiktionary via packet evidence (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:676647754): From smooth + -ie.

Two branches

滑順的飲料

畫面落在杯子裡:整顆水果打到沒有顆粒,所以入口一路順。

noun · B1

A thick, cold drink made by blending whole fruit together, sometimes with fruit juice, ice, milk or yoghurt.

果昔;水果冰沙飲

滑順的人

同一個「順」換到人身上:話出口不卡、場面不卡、什麼問題都接得住。順本身是好事,但順過頭就會讓人懷疑幾分是真的。

noun · B2

Someone who is confident, good-looking and very easy with words — with the hint that the charm is practised, so you should not fully trust it.

油嘴滑舌的人