schmooze-athon

plural schmooze-athons · alternative schmoozeathon · alternative schmoozathon

1. informalAn event where people meet to make social connections; a prolonged period of schmoozing.

   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.

   2012 July 22, Huw Silk, “London 2012 Olympics: Boris Johnson says London 'as well prepared as any host city'”, in The Telegraph

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   "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