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shmooze; schmooze
verb
to gossip; to chat, to engage in idle talk; to network; to persuade someone indirectly US, 1897
Yiddish from the Hebrew.- “Come on in the kitchen, Kipper. We’ll schmoose.” — Edwin Gilbert, The Hot and the Cool, p. 51, 1953
- We schmoozed around, and then a client burst in from the corridor. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 28, 1961
- [Y]ou automatically think it is something where Jewish widow ladies go and sit out by the swimming pool on nice days like this and schmoos a little. — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 148, 1981
- They schmooze the manager, slip him some free goods to make sure he puts the CD on the shelf, try for some in-store airplay and stick this gorgeous shot of Linda Moon in the window. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 253, 1999
- [S]howbiz schmoozing is a part of the territory with politicos. — John Robb, The Nineties, p. 154, 1999
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