schmooze-athon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An event where people meet to make social connections; a prolonged period of schmoozing.
Informal
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
- "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."
- "The mayor also suggested the Games would provide a big economic boost to the capital. “This is a gigantic schmooze-athon that’s about to begin,” he said."
Etymology
From schmooze + -athon.