schmooze-athon
schmooze-athon noun: an event where people meet to make social connections; a prolonged period of schmoozing.
Noun
schmooze-athon (plural schmooze-athons)
- An event where people meet to make social connections; a prolonged period of schmoozing.
- "Currently, we're pretty well settled with everything we've been doing, and a visit to Cannes is more about working on existing relationships. Calling it a 'schmooze-athon' would best sum it up."1996 January 27, Richard Henderson, “MIDEM publishers of the USA”, in Billboard, volume 108, number 4, page 48
- This annual March gathering of the digital elite, held at a resort near Tucson, is a combination of a three-day free-form think tank and schmooze-athon where the latest trends are dissected and, in the corridors or on the golf course, deals are hatched.1996 April 15, Amy Cortese, Amy Barrett, Paul Eng, and Linda Himelstein, “The Online World of Steve Case”, in BusinessWeek
Forms of schmooze-athon
| plural | schmooze-athons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | schmoozeathon |
| alternative form | schmoozathon |
Origin of schmooze-athon
From schmooze + -athon.
Questions about schmooze-athon
- What does schmooze-athon mean?
- Schmooze-athon means an event where people meet to make social connections; a prolonged period of schmoozing.
- What part of speech is schmooze-athon?
- Schmooze-athon is a noun.
- What is the plural of schmooze-athon?
- The plural of schmooze-athon is schmooze-athons.
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