shmooze

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schmooze

To chat or gossip casually with someone, especially for personal gain or self-promotion. Originally from Yiddish. I spent the whole night schmoozing with the various artists and musicians my wife invited to the party. You've got to go to social events and schmooze a bit if you're ever going to get ahead in this industry.

shmooze

To chat or gossip casually with someone, especially for personal gain or self-promotion. Originally from Yiddish. I spent the whole night shmoozing with the various artists and musicians my wife invited to the party. You've got to go to social events and shmooze a bit if you're ever going to get ahead in this industry.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

schmooze

and shmooze and schmoose
1. in. to chat; to chew the fat. (From Hebrew schmuos via Yiddish.) You were schmoozing when you should have been listening.
2. n. a session of chatting or conversing. Come over, and let’s have a schmooze before you go.

shmooze

verb
See schmooze
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • schmoose
  • schmooze
  • schmoozer
  • shmoozer
  • shickered
  • shikkered
  • shlimazl
  • schlemazel
  • schlemozzle
  • schmaltzy
References in periodicals archive
That's why it's important that they master the Shmooze Rules as set forth by the industry tradition:
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exercise that never falls out of style--the post-workout shmooze. The ritual occurs daily from the further reaches of the Valley to trendier workout joints like Crunch, where it might be Amanda Peet or Tobey Maguire buffing up for "Spider-Man."
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Olson's Hollywood Hills home was the site of many shmooze fests involving Academy voters, back in the days when that sort of thing was allowed.
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It isn't easy changing the way Hollywood works -- and networks -- but an emerging crop of young players is reshaping the shmooze scene for a wired world.
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POINT, CLICK ... SHMOOZE
Despite the naysayers, NATPE still has strong defenders among station execs and distribs who want to preserve the annual blowout to showcase, show off and shmooze, shmooze, shmooze.
SCHIZO NATPE OOZES SCHMOOZE
For some, the slower pace meant more time to shmooze clients; for others, the Asian location meant a chance to meet clients who could not afford to travel to Mipcom; and for all, it meant that deals were moderate at best because of the tight purse strings.
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As Des finally came to the conclusion that his Saturday night shmoozes were always going to be late night ones, Cilla proved she was the Queen of the weekend with the triumphant return of Blind Date.
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