the action of a male trying to pull a female by way of smooth talking, chat-up lines, buying drinks, texting, and generally flirting. The male does this as he has the ulteria motive of bedding said female.
The pointless evening pursuit of kissing important butts to better ones employment prospects.
Networking, not for the purpose of work, but for the purpose of being seen by people you think are more important than yourself (but who are in fact schmoozing themselves through fear of being dropped by some important clique).
"Instead of having an orgy and enjoying it, you must come to the boring project dinner and do some schmoozing with Mr X and Mr Y as it's important they know who you are"