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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--schmooze 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. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.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. X-Bonus 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)

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