schmooz
noun : Two buddies enjoying a quiet schmooz
verb - To converse, esp lengthily and cozily: stop and chat (Schmoos, he calls it)/ lawyers schmoozing in the halls (1897+)
- To seduce with flattery; soft soap: What he does is he hooks up with these dumb women whom he schmoozes and lives off (1990s+)
[fr Yiddish fr Hebrew schmuos, ''things heard'']