schmoozen.

Brit.

/ʃmuːz/,

/ʃmuːs/, U.S.

/ʃmuz/

Forms: 1800s– schmooze, 1900s– schmooge, 1900s– schmoos, 1900s– schmooz, 1900s– schmues, 1900s– shmoos, 1900s– shmooz.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Yiddish. Or perhaps (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Yiddish shmues ; schmooze v..

Etymology: Either (i) < Yiddish shmues chat, gossip < Hebrew šĕmūʿōṯ , plural of šĕmūʿah rumour < šāmaʿ to hear (see Shema n.), or perhaps (ii) < schmooze v. Compare earlier schmoozing n. Compare also (in different senses) smouch n.², smouse n., which ultimately reflect the same Yiddish (and ultimate Hebrew) etymon.Compare German Schmus chat, gossip, insincere behaviour, Schmu insincere behaviour, dodgy dealings (both 19th cent.; both < Yiddish, via Rotwelsch).

colloquial (originally U.S.).

Charming, ingratiating, or insincere speech or behaviour, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an advantage. Also: chat, gossip; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat

confabulationc1450

device1490

chat1573

tittle-tattle?c1640

small talk1650

confab1701

chit-chat1710

jaw1748

small-talking1786

prose1787

rap1787

coze1804

talky-talky1812

clack1813

chit-chatting1823

cozey1837

gossip1849

mardlea1852

yarn1857

conflab1873

chinwag1879

chopsing1879

cooze1880

chatting1884

schmoozing1884

talky-talk1884

pitch1888

schmooze1895

coosy1903

wongi1929

yap1930

kibitz1931

natter1943

old talk1956

jaw-jaw1958

yacking1959

ole talk1964

rapping1967

1895 Sunday Commercial (Vincennes, Indiana) 8 Sept. They asked him five dollars for a pair of pants with a little schmooze thrown in.

1939 Reader's Digest May 106/2 Because of schmooze, the garment district is the most hypersensitive city of 200,000 in the world.

1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xix. 176 [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.

1970 S. Ellin Man from Nowhere (1971) xxxix. 194 Ready to order now..or do I wait until the end of the shmoos?

1990 Mirabella Sept. 88/1 I subsisted mainly on..the occasion's vast murmur of schmooze, scandal and surmise.

1994 Guardian 19 Oct. ii. 2/4 Hearn..has used basic accountancy skills and large amounts of schmooze to establish his influence in the disparate worlds of snooker and boxing.

2012 Atlantic July 37/3 Citrin lumbers wearily into the packed dining room for his nightly patron schmooze.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

schmoozev.

Brit.

/ʃmuːz/,

/ʃmuːs/, U.S.

/ʃmuz/

Forms: 1800s– schmoos, 1800s– schmuss, 1800s– shmoose, 1800s– shmooze, 1900s– schmoose, 1900s– schmooze, 1900s– shmooz, 1900s– smooze.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shmuesn.

Etymology: < Yiddish shmuesn to talk, converse, chat < shmues chat, gossip (see schmooze n.).Compare German schmusen (19th cent.; now chiefly in sense ‘to cuddle, caress (a person)’; < Yiddish).

colloquial (originally in Jewish usage).

1. intransitive. To talk or behave in a charming, ingratiating, or insincere way, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an advantage. Also: to chat, gossip.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > privately or familiarly

to rouk and rounda1450

tête-à-tête1861

schmooze1884

pillow-talk1953

1884 [implied in: Amer. Hebrew 12 Dec. 69/2 Went out for another dose of schmussing; sat down to a bite for lunch; got up for more gossip. (at schmoozing n.)].

1888 Jewish Standard 11 May 6/2 In a provincial congregation, the minister should remember that if his fees are few his duties are many..; if he can ruddle with Mrs. Cohen and shmoose with Mrs. Levi..his life will be a happy one.

1921 J. Anthony Gang 28 When Mrs. Sinbaum comes, we schmoos.

1939 New Yorker 4 Feb. 30/2 Everybody in the district eats fast, the better and more to schmooze.

1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry x. 60 On Friday nights or Saturdays, don't we stand around after the services and schmoos a while?

1980 W. 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.

1988 A. Goldbarth in G. Wolff Best Amer. Ess. (1989) 120 I would keep my father company on weekends. Mr. Penny-Insurance-Peddler. Mr. Shlep-and-Sell. He schmoozed, but he was honest.

1993 Canad. Living Jan. 78/1 The 10-minute boat ride is a time to schmooze with neighbors and exchange news and gossip.

2007 Metro (Toronto) 21 June 34/3 Is there an election somewhere? NDP Leader Jack Layton..schmoozed with the commoners outdoors.

2. transitive. To talk to or behave towards (a person) in a charming, ingratiating, or insincere way, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an advantage; to flatter, sweet-talk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > cajole [verb (transitive)]

fagea1400

fleechc1425

flatter?a1513

stroke1513

sweeten1594

ingle1602

honey1604

coga1616

cajole1645

collogue1660

wheedle1661

coax1663

to wheedle with1664

to cajole with1665

tweedle1715

whilly1721

whillywha1816

to salve over1862

schmooze1899

plámás1919

sweet-talk1936

1899 A. M. Binstead Houndsditch Day by Day 53 Come off! You don'd shmoose old Penrimo vit' dot shtuss.

1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green ii. ii, in E. M. Browne New Eng. Dramatists 147 No more smoozing me—something has got to happen soon.

1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together v. 138 And I'd chatted and charmed and schmoozed her as if my life had depended on it.

2010 Independent 20 Dec. (Viewspaper section) 14/1 (heading) Whether you're slobbing on the sofa or schmoozing the in-laws, it isn't just your tree that should be well-dressed this Christmas.

Derivatives

ˈschmoozer n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips

kikelot?c1225

mathelild?c1225

cacklec1230

tutelerc1385

tittererc1400

roukera1425

trattlerc1485

flimmerc1530

tattler1549

chatter1561

gossip1566

gossiper1568

tittle-tattle1571

chatmate1599

fiddle-faddle1602

tittle-tattler1602

confabulator1659

twittle-twat1662

shat1709

prittle-prattle1725

tattle-basket1736

small-talker1762

nash-gab1816

granny1861

windjammer1880

schmoozer1899

scuttlebutt gossip1901

wag-tongue1902

coffee-houser1907

kibitzer1925

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

yacker1959

rapper1967

village gossip1972

1899 A. M. Binstead Houndsditch Day by Day 49 Directions is gifen on every pox-lid dat dey're ‘pest vhen shmoked shtuck at an angle o' 45 in the lower jaw’—the shmoozer!

1939 Reader's Digest May 106/1 The schmoozers gulp down lunch in 15 minutes and then arrange themselves according to caste and craft.

2012 B. Goldacre Bad Pharma vi. 279 Good sales people are good schmoozers, and I have watched them work their magic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schmooze
释义	schmoozen. Brit. /ʃmuːz/, /ʃmuːs/, U.S. /ʃmuz/ Forms: 1800s– schmooze, 1900s– schmooge, 1900s– schmoos, 1900s– schmooz, 1900s– schmues, 1900s– shmoos, 1900s– shmooz. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Yiddish. Or perhaps (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Yiddish shmues ; schmooze v.. Etymology: Either (i) < Yiddish shmues chat, gossip < Hebrew šĕmūʿōṯ , plural of šĕmūʿah rumour < šāmaʿ to hear (see Shema n.), or perhaps (ii) < schmooze v. Compare earlier schmoozing n. Compare also (in different senses) smouch n.², smouse n., which ultimately reflect the same Yiddish (and ultimate Hebrew) etymon.Compare German Schmus chat, gossip, insincere behaviour, Schmu insincere behaviour, dodgy dealings (both 19th cent.; both < Yiddish, via Rotwelsch). colloquial (originally U.S.). Charming, ingratiating, or insincere speech or behaviour, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an advantage. Also: chat, gossip; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat confabulationc1450 device1490 chat1573 tittle-tattle?c1640 small talk1650 confab1701 chit-chat1710 jaw1748 small-talking1786 prose1787 rap1787 coze1804 talky-talky1812 clack1813 chit-chatting1823 cozey1837 gossip1849 mardlea1852 yarn1857 conflab1873 chinwag1879 chopsing1879 cooze1880 chatting1884 schmoozing1884 talky-talk1884 pitch1888 schmooze1895 coosy1903 wongi1929 yap1930 kibitz1931 natter1943 old talk1956 jaw-jaw1958 yacking1959 ole talk1964 rapping1967 1895 Sunday Commercial (Vincennes, Indiana) 8 Sept. They asked him five dollars for a pair of pants with a little schmooze thrown in. 1939 Reader's Digest May 106/2 Because of schmooze, the garment district is the most hypersensitive city of 200,000 in the world. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xix. 176 [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. 1970 S. Ellin Man from Nowhere (1971) xxxix. 194 Ready to order now..or do I wait until the end of the shmoos? 1990 Mirabella Sept. 88/1 I subsisted mainly on..the occasion's vast murmur of schmooze, scandal and surmise. 1994 Guardian 19 Oct. ii. 2/4 Hearn..has used basic accountancy skills and large amounts of schmooze to establish his influence in the disparate worlds of snooker and boxing. 2012 Atlantic July 37/3 Citrin lumbers wearily into the packed dining room for his nightly patron schmooze. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). schmoozev. Brit. /ʃmuːz/, /ʃmuːs/, U.S. /ʃmuz/ Forms: 1800s– schmoos, 1800s– schmuss, 1800s– shmoose, 1800s– shmooze, 1900s– schmoose, 1900s– schmooze, 1900s– shmooz, 1900s– smooze. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shmuesn. Etymology: < Yiddish shmuesn to talk, converse, chat < shmues chat, gossip (see schmooze n.).Compare German schmusen (19th cent.; now chiefly in sense ‘to cuddle, caress (a person)’; < Yiddish). colloquial (originally in Jewish usage). 1. intransitive. To talk or behave in a charming, ingratiating, or insincere way, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an advantage. Also: to chat, gossip. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > privately or familiarly to rouk and rounda1450 tête-à-tête1861 schmooze1884 pillow-talk1953 1884 [implied in: Amer. Hebrew 12 Dec. 69/2 Went out for another dose of schmussing; sat down to a bite for lunch; got up for more gossip. (at schmoozing n.)]. 1888 Jewish Standard 11 May 6/2 In a provincial congregation, the minister should remember that if his fees are few his duties are many..; if he can ruddle with Mrs. Cohen and shmoose with Mrs. Levi..his life will be a happy one. 1921 J. Anthony Gang 28 When Mrs. Sinbaum comes, we schmoos. 1939 New Yorker 4 Feb. 30/2 Everybody in the district eats fast, the better and more to schmooze. 1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry x. 60 On Friday nights or Saturdays, don't we stand around after the services and schmoos a while? 1980 W. 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. 1988 A. Goldbarth in G. Wolff Best Amer. Ess. (1989) 120 I would keep my father company on weekends. Mr. Penny-Insurance-Peddler. Mr. Shlep-and-Sell. He schmoozed, but he was honest. 1993 Canad. Living Jan. 78/1 The 10-minute boat ride is a time to schmooze with neighbors and exchange news and gossip. 2007 Metro (Toronto) 21 June 34/3 Is there an election somewhere? NDP Leader Jack Layton..schmoozed with the commoners outdoors. 2. transitive. To talk to or behave towards (a person) in a charming, ingratiating, or insincere way, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an advantage; to flatter, sweet-talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > cajole [verb (transitive)] fagea1400 fleechc1425 flatter?a1513 stroke1513 sweeten1594 ingle1602 honey1604 coga1616 cajole1645 collogue1660 wheedle1661 coax1663 to wheedle with1664 to cajole with1665 tweedle1715 whilly1721 whillywha1816 to salve over1862 schmooze1899 plámás1919 sweet-talk1936 1899 A. M. Binstead Houndsditch Day by Day 53 Come off! You don'd shmoose old Penrimo vit' dot shtuss. 1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green ii. ii, in E. M. Browne New Eng. Dramatists 147 No more smoozing me—something has got to happen soon. 1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together v. 138 And I'd chatted and charmed and schmoozed her as if my life had depended on it. 2010 Independent 20 Dec. (Viewspaper section) 14/1 (heading) Whether you're slobbing on the sofa or schmoozing the in-laws, it isn't just your tree that should be well-dressed this Christmas. Derivatives ˈschmoozer n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 1899 A. M. Binstead Houndsditch Day by Day 49 Directions is gifen on every pox-lid dat dey're ‘pest vhen shmoked shtuck at an angle o' 45 in the lower jaw’—the shmoozer! 1939 Reader's Digest May 106/1 The schmoozers gulp down lunch in 15 minutes and then arrange themselves according to caste and craft. 2012 B. Goldacre Bad Pharma vi. 279 Good sales people are good schmoozers, and I have watched them work their magic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895v.1884
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