The Art of Schmoozing


​Communication is your way to share yourself and your story with the world. It is a learned trait. You can master language but not be an effective communicator because of the emotional responses that surround your ability to open up and share. Fear and anxiety stifle your voice. Overstimulation can lead to overhearing. Depression can steal your voice and happiness could suppress your words to prevent losing optimism. Any number of emotions can affect it.,

Mastering the art of communication is the gift of building rapport, earning trust and being a good listener. For writers, dialogue is an integral way for you to give a voice to the characters in order to drive the story. It’s a gift to have insight into human behavior in order to give different voices to unique characters you create. Observation is a very good way to build better dialogue.

​ANANUENSIS - a person tasked with taking dictation.

ANATHEMATIZE - to curse or condemn.

ANIMADVERSION - an unfavorable or censorious comment.

APODICTIC - an issue clearly established or beyond dispute.

APOSIOPESIS - a sudden break away from a speech in the middle of a sentence as if unable to proceed.

ARGUFY - argue or quarrel about trivial matters.

ARGY-BARGY - a vigorous and heated discussion or dispute.

ASSEVERATE - to declare earnestly or solemnly; to affirm positively.

ATTICISM - concise and elegant expression.

BAFFLEGAB - confusing or unintelligible use of jargon.

BLANDISHMENT - a speech or action that is meant to coax, entice or persuade.

BLATHERSKITE - a person given to empty talk.

BON MOT - a witty remark or comment; clever saying or witticism.

BRAVADO - a bold manner in speech and actions meant to impress or intimidate.

BRICKBAT - an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism.

​BURBLE - to speak in a highly excited manner.

CALUMNIATE - to make false and malicious statements.

CATASTROPHIZE - to talk about an issue or event as worse than it actually is.

CAVIL - to raise irritating and trivial objections.

CHARIENTISM - an artfully veiled insult.

CLAPTRAP - stupid or silly talks; conversations that are nonsensical or absurd.

COLLOGUE - to confer in secret.

CONCILIATE - to overcome hostility or to win others over and bring them to your point of view.

CONCORD - an agreement, consensus or harmony between groups and people.

COZE - a friendly, informal chat. Other synonyms like this: CONFABULATE

DEIPNOSOPHIST - someone highly skilled in the art of small talk.

DESULTORY- randomly digressing from the main point or topic.

DONNYBROOK - a wild brawl, contentious dispute or a free for all.

EXCORIATE - to verbally denounce or berate someone severely.

EXPOSTULATE - to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has already done; to remonstrate.

FAWNING - praising someone too much by over exaggerating affection or admiration with the intention of gaining something of value.

FOOFARAW - a great fuss or disturbance about something insignificant.

FOOTLE - to talk in a foolish or silly way.

GAINSAY - to deny, dispute or contradict.

GAPESEED - a person who gapes or stares at you in wonder during an interaction.

GESTICULATE - to use gestures instead of speech for emphasis.

GLOZE - to make excuses.

GRAWLIX - symbols like !#%@ used to communicate profanity in an online post or message. It was first used to indicate swearing in comic books.

HISTRIONICS - a deliberate display of excessive emotions to achieve a certain effect. Attention seeking dramatics.

HOLOPHRASIS - the expression of several ideas in a single word or phrase.

HORTATORY - urging someone in a course of action; encouraging.

ICONOCLASTIC - attacking beliefs or cherished traditions based on error, bias, superstition or lack of creativity.

IGNIS FATUUS - something said that is deluding or misleading.

INCULCATE - to embed information by repeated statement or admonition; teaching earnestly.

INTRANSIGENT - refusing to compromise, inflexible or rigid in opinion.

INVEIGLE - to entice, lure or ensnare by flattery or artful talk.

JEREMIAD - a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint. In other words, a bitching.

MACARONIC - conversation composed of a mixture of languages.

MORDANT - biting or sarcastic in manner.

MUSSITATION - muttering, mumbling, murmuring.

MYTHOMANE - a person with a strong propensity for fantasizing, lying or exaggerating.

NATTER - a social conversation that does not contain much valuable insight.

OBJURGATE - to reproach or renounce vehemently.

OBSTREPEROUS- noisy and difficult to control - like a crowd or a conference room full of energized employees.

PARALIPSIS - the suggestion, by deliberate and concise treatment of the topic, that a lot of significance is being omitted in the conversation.

PARALOGIZE - to draw conclusions that don’t follow the logic presented.

PERORATE - to speak at length.

PHALANX- a number of people gathered for a united purpose.

PIFFLE - nonsense or trivial talk that wastes everyone’s time.

PLACATE - to make someone less angry or hostile.

PRATE - to talk endlessly with no obvious points. People who do this tend to like to hear themselves talk.

PSITTACISM - mechanical, repetitive and meaningless speech.

PREVARICATE - to speak and act evasively.

PUGNACIOUS - inclined to fight or quarrel readily; belligerent attitude.

PUNCTILIO - strict or exact observance of formalities.

PUNCTUM - a small, distinct point.

RABBLE-ROUSER - a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public for their own self interests.

RIPOSTE - a quick and effective reply.

RONOMONTADE - vainglorious boasting and bragging.

TAARRADHIN - a compromise in which everyone wins.

TAUTOLOGY - needlessly repeating a thought or idea.

TOTIDEM VERBIS - too many words spoken or written.

VOCIFEROUS - crying out noisily; clamorous.

WORDMONGER - a speaker who uses words pretentiously or with careless disregard to meaning.
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