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What does hobnob mean in this context? #1 (permalink) Sun Mar 25, 2007 15:00 pm   What does hobnob mean in this context?
 

Hi, I understand that hobnob means to socialize in general? Or can it mean to go out for a drink? I've come across this word in the following sentence:

I break up my day by riding my bike downtown for coffee, hob-nobbing, whatever in the heck I want to do.

Please let me know your definition of "hobnobbing".
Thanks.
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What does hobnob mean in this context? #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 25, 2007 15:30 pm   What does hobnob mean in this context?
 

Hi Torsten

I would simply understand honobbing to mean 'chatting' (informally).

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What does hobnob mean in this context? #3 (permalink) Sun Mar 25, 2007 16:06 pm   What does hobnob mean in this context?
 

Hobnob can also mean 'to be on friendly terms or to rub elbows with someone important', informally, too.
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What does hobnob mean in this context? #4 (permalink) Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:42 am   What does hobnob mean in this context?
 

Hi Conchita,

Love the idea of 'rubbing elbows' with someone. Where does that come from?

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What does hobnob mean in this context? #5 (permalink) Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:41 am   What does hobnob mean in this context?
 

Alan wrote:
Hi Conchita,

Love the idea of 'rubbing elbows' with someone. Where does that come from?

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Funny I didn't think of using the expression 'rub shoulders with', its British counterpart. Perhaps because the American 'elbow' version exists in French and Spanish, too.
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