social hour
Pre-dinner mingling time
A social hour is a designated period for informal conversation and mingling, typically before a meal or meeting.
The term often refers to cocktail hours at conferences or events where attendees network over drinks and light refreshments: The conference schedule included a social hour at five.
Despite the name, social hours rarely last exactly sixty minutes.
- cocktailsAlcoholic blended beverages
- minglingCasual social interaction
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- meet and greetInformal introductory gathering
- business cardsPrinted contact information handouts
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- social gatheringsparty, birthday party, wedding reception, dinner party, house party
- in-personface-to-face, in person, meetup, real life, offline
- regional meetupchapter meeting, local chapter, user group, coffee meetup, community gathering
- closing timeclosing time, clock out, end of shift, quitting time, clocking out
- singles scenesingles night, speed dating, flirting, pickup lines, blind dates
social hourkeynote address
Central speech at gathering
working session · formal dinner · lecture · symposium · ceremony
social hoursolitary confinement
Isolated imprisonment in cell
isolation · solitude · alone time · seclusion · quiet time
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