shmear
Cream cheese dollop
Shmear is a Yiddish-influenced spelling of schmear, meaning a spread or smear of something soft—most often cream cheese on a bagel: I'll have a bagel with a shmear.
The whole shmear means everything, the entire affair: They ordered lox, bagels, capers—the whole shmear.
Soft spreadable dairy product
topping · layer · dollop · slather · dab · coating · generous · thick
Boiled, then baked roll
- loxSalt-cured salmon
- pastramiSeasoned smoked beef
- delicatessenPrepared foods shop
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
corned beef · pickle · knish · blintz · latke · rye · nosh · appetizing
Culminating benefit received
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- graftIllicit political gain
- baksheeshGratuity or small bribe
- greaseThick oily lubricant
sweetener · palm-greasing · inducement · under-the-table · fix · corruption
Building professional relationships
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- chitchatInformal light conversation
- minglingCasual social interaction
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
ingratiation · charm · rapport · gossip · sociability · persuasion · lobbying · conversation
cream cheese
Soft spreadable dairy product
jam · topping · layer · dollop · slather · dab · coating · generous · thick · thin
bagel
Boiled, then baked roll
- loxSalt-cured salmon
- pastramiSeasoned smoked beef
- delicatessenPrepared foods shop
kosher · corned beef · pickle · knish · blintz · latke · rye · nosh · appetizing · whitefish
payoff
Culminating benefit received
grease · sweetener · palm-greasing · inducement · under-the-table · fix · corruption
networking
Building professional relationships
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- chitchatInformal light conversation
- minglingCasual social interaction
banter · ingratiation · charm · rapport · gossip · sociability · persuasion · lobbying · conversation