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
Micha	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Laarni	-	Filipino
Rex	REKS	English
Acketts	['ækits]
Guanting	-	Chinese
Miller	['milə]