Another portmanteau yiddish word.
Let me define in order:
A portmanteau word:
"two meanings packed up into one word"
-Humpty Dumpty, Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Schmoozing:
chatting it up. chewing the fat. shooting the breeze. buttering up the customer. idle conversation. Ingratiating. Friendly and Persuasive chatting. Perhaps gossiping.
[Late 19th century. Via Yiddish schmuesn "talk" <> šĕmū'āh "rumor"]
Schmoozing is an integral part of my job, and some days I'm a silver toungued vixen.
posted by the other Joan @ 10:56 AM
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