The phrase "awkward cocktail" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or event that is socially uncomfortable or clumsy, often in a social gathering context.
Example: "The party was filled with an awkward cocktail of strangers, making it hard to strike up a conversation."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable mix" or "clumsy blend".
Instead, we felt like we were watching acquaintances forced to talk at an awkward cocktail party.
They remain discrete entities, an awkward cocktail party before the drinks have kicked in.
Hundreds of other people have followed suit, with results (gathered on Facebook, blogs and a Tumblr) that can sound like awkward cocktail chatter between graduate students in science and visiting Martians, or maybe members of the college football team.
In addition to the thousands of groups that exist for the entertainment value of naming a phenomenon (My Name is a Palindrome and I'm Awesome), there are thousands of alumni associations that provide a virtual, perpetual reunion, minus the plane ticket home and awkward cocktail conversation.
Downtime in the courthouse was like a surreally awkward cocktail party, with enforced mingling among the victim's family, the wife who cheated on him, and the man accused of murdering him, while the occasional chained convict came clanking through like Marley's ghost.
My early twenties will be behind me, and I'll be entering into this phase of adulthood that's an awkward cocktail of engagement parties and baby showers, mixed with late nights at dive bars that we're just young enough to still enjoy.
There are enough colorful anecdotes to liven up two or three awkward cocktail-party conversations: McReynolds's friends included Alvin Ailey (at U.C.L.A).
Cocktail, cocktail, cocktail, cocktail......
After the seating was removed and Mr. Schmitz left, the four other performers — Luke Miller, Pamela Vail, Darrin Wright and Kimberly Young, all tepid versions of Mr. Schmitz — surrounded the audience, now milling about like awkward guests at a cocktail party, with the posture of characters in a western.
We figured we'd combine all three into a self-conscious cocktail of awkward.
Sometimes we wound up smoking weed with Eurotrash and other times we found ourselves at awkward lock-ins at cocktail bars with lawyers.
