This week's theme: words from Yiddish. schmooze, schmoose, or schmoos (shmooz) verb intr.
To chat, especially in order to gain an advantage or to make a social or business connection with an influential person. noun A gossipy or ingratiating chat. [From Yiddish shmues (chat, gossip), from Hebrew shemuah (reports, rumor).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=schmooze -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Of course, there are exclusives in all newspapers that are genuinely a result of hard work by reporters, either through digging or just schmoozing with politicians." Anne Davies; Truth Loses When Only Half the Story Will Do; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Jul 3, 2006. Sponsored by: Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quote. Namix, providing smart naming solutions for products, services, and businesses: http://namix.com ............................................................................ I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be. -Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/schmooze.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/schmooze.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/schmooze.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
