What is Schmoozing?
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The pointless evening pursuit of kissing important butts to better ones employment prospects.
Networking, not for the purpose of work, but for the purpose of being seen by people you think are more important than yourself (but who are in fact schmoozing themselves through fear of being dropped by some important clique).
"Instead of having an orgy and enjoying it, you must come to the boring project dinner and do some schmoozing with Mr X and Mr Y as it's important they know who you are"
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2.
to schmooz: the act of mingleing, socializing, or kissing ass in or at an event that you may feel less than comfortable.
its been a long night running around here schmoozing with all these strangers.
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3.
To be browsing in a fish store, To be looking at fish
We were asked by a sales clerk at The Fish Factory in West Alis,WI "Do you guys need any help? or are you just schmoozing?"
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