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▪ I. schmooze, v. U.S. colloq.|ʃmuːz, ʃmuːs|
Also schmoos(e), schmuss, shmooz, etc.
[ad. Yiddish shmuesn to talk, converse, chat, f. as next.]
intr. To chat, gossip, engage in a long and intimate conversation. Hence ˈschmoozer; ˈschmoozing vbl. n.
1897N.Y. Times Weekly Mag. 14 Nov. 4/1 He loves dearly to stop and chat (Schmoos, he calls it). 1921J. Anthony Gang 28 When Mrs. Sinbaum comes, we schmoos. 1928Amer. Speech III. 364 The presence of a Jewish contingent of ‘producers’ and managers is responsible for such New York expressions as ‘mazuma’ (money), ‘schmuss’ (talk). 1939New Yorker 4 Feb. 30/1 ‘Schmooze’ (pronounced ‘shmooss’) is related to the Yiddish verb ‘schmooze’, which means ‘to talk’. But schmoozing in the garment district is more than just a lot of idle chatter. Schmoozing is a careful tradition, dear to the hearts of everyone in New York's most thickly populated business section. Ibid. 30/2 Everybody in the district eats fast, the better and more to schmooze. 1939Reader's Digest May 106/1, The schmoozers gulp down lunch in 15 minutes and then arrange themselves according to caste and craft. 1966H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry x. 60 On Friday nights or Saturdays, don't we stand around after the services and schmoos a while? 1973New Yorker 3 Feb. 56/2 We would schmoose all afternoon, with her talking in that funny, high Pennsylvania Dutch voice: ‘Dat's gute,’ or ‘Dat's humbug.’ 1977Time 25 Apr. 47/2 Neil Diamond's beach house, Linda Ronstadt's $325,000 clapboard and the sprawling nine-bedroom house Guitarist Robbie Robertson took over from Carole King are all within schmoozing distance. 1977New Yorker 27 June 29/1 Had she worked here part time, returning today out of sentimentality to schmooze with the boss? 1980W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 18 May, A ‘stoop’, from the Dutch word for ‘step’, is a description of the porch and front steps on which Brooklynites sit and schmooze.
▪ II. schmooze, n. U.S. colloq.|ʃmuːz, ʃmuːs|
Also shmoos.
[ad. Yiddish shmues chat, gossip, ad. Heb. shĕmū‘ah rumour.]
Chat; gossip; a long and intimate conversation.
1939Reader's Digest May 106/2 Because of schmooze, the garment district is the most hypersensitive city of 200,000 in the world. 1956B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) xix. 156 [Lena Horne] insisted on taking me out with her and bought me lunch, and we had a wonderful schmooze about the old days in Hollywood. 1970S. Ellin Man from Nowhere (1971) xxxix. 194 Ready to order now..or do I wait until the end of the shmoos? 1977Zigzag Aug. 24/1 The general demeanor and schmooze level of the crowd indicates it's a predominantly invitational radio/press group, more disposed to be open-minded. |