schmoozefest

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noun

A social gathering organised so that people working in the non-profit charity sector can get together.

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Meanings

nounschmoozefest (plural schmoozefests)

plural schmoozefests · alternative schmooze-fest

  1. derogatoryinformalA social gathering organised so that people working in the non-profit charity sector can get together.

    The investment bank sponsors the annual schmoozefest and “summer camp for billionaires” for the same reason that companies give away their luxury products in Oscars gift baskets[…]

    2021 July 12, Hamilton Nolan, “What happens at Sun Valley, the secret gathering of unelected billionaire Kings?”, in The Guardian
    1 more example

    Last week, as Nestlé's top man, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, enjoyed the schmoozefest in Davos, activists Baby Milk Action held a conference nearby to unveil a document that claims Nestlé haven't quite played straight with Clooney.

    2009 February 6, Hugh Muir, “Diary”, in The Guardian

Origin

From schmooze + -fest.

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APA

schmoozefest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmoozefest

MLA

“schmoozefest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmoozefest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schmoozefest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schmoozefest.

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