schmooze

and shmooze and schmoose

1. in. to chat; to chew the fat. (From Hebrew schmuos via Yiddish.) You were schmoozing when you should have been listening.

2. n. a session of chatting or conversing. Come over, and let’s have a schmooze before you go.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sanjeev	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada
Rosaline	RAWZ-ə-lien, ROZ-ə-leen	English
Shouhei	sho:-he:	Japanese
Jenkins	['dʒeŋkinz]
Abena	-	Western African, Akan
Angelos	-	Greek