Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.
- intransitive verb To engage in schmoozing with.
- noun The act or an instance of schmoozing.
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- verb To
talk casually , especially in order togain anadvantage or make asocial connection - noun A
casual conversation , especially one held in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an informal conversation
- verb talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He had no business spending time with a woman who could say the word schmooze and make him forget his own name.
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Also, von Braun's ability to popularize space travel/"schmooze" his way through Army/NASA/DC bureaucracy was in another class.
Bill Nelson Continues To Block NASA Administrator Nominees - NASA Watch 2009
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So let me guess – this is a "schmooze" get together to try to get the cops on their side.
Conservatives and the men in blue - Capital Diary, Uncategorized - Macleans.ca 2010
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Master of the Blog Balkin has encouraged me to post some comments I prepared for the "schmooze" on Sandy Levinson's book.
Balkinization 2006
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I'm with Mr. Link; the "schmooze" sounds like a slice of heaven.
Balkinization 2006
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Master of the Blog Balkin has encouraged me to post some comments I prepared for the "schmooze" on Sandy Levinson's book.
Balkinization 2006
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This is not a gimmick or a "schmooze" as we call it in the trade.
Howard Dean on the Internet Sifry, Micah L. 2007
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This is not a gimmick or a "schmooze" as we call it in the trade.
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As for the skill set required to "schmooze" a room of execs, it's not really that different from trying to convince a jury of twelve that your client's "story" is the one they should vote for.
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According to the Daily Mail, the glamour girl was spotted trying to "schmooze" advertising executives when she attended Sir Elton John's annual post-Oscars party on Sunday night.
qroqqa commented on the word schmooze
The grammar of this verb has mushroomed in recent years. The OED (1989 edition) only has it in simple intransitive uses, similar to 'chat': 'We would schmoose all afternoon'; 'Brooklynites sit and schmooze'.
Now however a number of argument structures are used. They include:
(a) ditransitive, with reflexive recipient:
'trying to schmooze myself a seat on an earlier flight'
'so I can go and schmooze myself a reference'
(b) monotransitive, reflexive recipient, prepositional phrase as goal:
'I managed to schmooze myself aboard Air Force 2'
'I can usually schmooze myself through most situations.'
'If only I could schmooze myself into success'
(c) simple reflexive:
'One thing I still haven't learned is exactly how to properly schmooze myself at these events'
'We need an afterparty after every one so I can schmooze myself!'
(d) two complemements, one the preposition 'up' and the other an impersonal object:
'How to ... schmooze up a storm'
'But I'm not saying he should schmooze up his case'
(These two differ in that 'storm' is a result, 'case' is a pre-existing object.)
(e) ditto but with a personal affected object:
'I got to schmooze up the people who were British'
'to schmooze up some reasonably well known bloggers to come to Amsterdam'
(f) two complements, preposition 'up' and prepositional phrase headed by 'to' indicating the person (cf. 'cosy up to', 'pal up to'):
'I feel that the main goal of most social mixing is to schmooze up to the other person'
'a chance for the big aerospace companies to schmooze up to their customers'
July 22, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word schmooze
It also means to network = to make connections. In Chinese called guanxi
July 22, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word schmooze
cf shmooze
July 25, 2008