shmooze

• Nom issu du yiddish désignant une conversation chaleureuse, confiante et amicale, souvent informelle et destinée à créer des liens ou à faire bonne impression.

A noun, derived from Yiddish, referring to a warm, intimate, and friendly conversation or heart-to-heart talk.

1. Warm conversationB2informal

   A friendly, informal, and often intimate conversation, typically involving personal matters.

   Conversation chaleureuse et informelle

   • They had a long shmooze over coffee about their childhood.
   • After the meeting, we had a nice shmooze with the new colleagues.
   • She enjoys a good shmooze with her neighbors on weekends.

   Synonymeschatconfabconversationgossipheart-to-heartschmoozetalk

• Verbe signifiant bavarder ou converser de manière informelle, souvent dans le but de se faire bien voir, de nouer des relations utiles ou de côtoyer les autres avec une attitude aimable ou insinuante.

A verb meaning to chat or converse informally, often with the intent of gaining favor, networking, or socializing in a smooth or ingratiating manner.

1. Chat casuallyB2informalamerican

   To talk in a friendly, informal, and often idle manner, especially to build rapport or social connections.

   Bavarder de manière informelle

   • He spent the whole party schmoozing with potential clients.
   • She schmoozed with the other parents at the school event.
   • They schmoozed over coffee, discussing everything but work.

   Synonymeschatchitchatconversegabjawminglenetworkyak