The word 'hobnob' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to mean to socialize or associate with people of one's own social class. For example: The mayor spent the evening hobnobbing with other wealthy citizens at the ball.
All of us want the world to know that from time to time we hobnob with the rich and famous, and casual references to international celebrities we've rubbed shoulders with is as good a way as any of suggesting our own importance and success.
Although involvement in places like Cambodia makes them nervous, they are delighted when their leaders hobnob with American presidents, or the country holds a grand international jamboree such as the awkwardly timed G7 meeting scheduled for July.
But to form a government he has been forced to hobnob with characters whose records are not for the squeamish.
Finally, on June 19th, he is to visit Britain for several days to hobnob with the prime minister, Gordon Brown, plus various other politicians and would-be investors.Mr Tsvangirai always knew that this first official visit would be tricky.
The massacre seemed to draw India and the United States closer.As Mr Clinton left Delhi to spot tigers in Rajasthan and then to hobnob with entrepreneurs and health workers in Hyderabad and Mumbai, India's prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was close to being able to claim a diplomatic triumph.
In France, to which he went as often as he could, he had his choice of 39 properties, four of them on the Avenue Foch in Paris, in which to hobnob with the cream of the Elysée.
When the EU's leaders met in Greece on June 19th-21st to 19th-21st toconstitution's fireceivefthelaunconstitutionurity doctrine and hobnob with an array of Balkan leaders—they gathered in Porto Carras, a remote resort some 150km (94 miles) up the coast from Salonika.
By contrast, many outdoor swimmers hobnob at events.
Tony Blair, for example, chose a Tuscan holiday to show what a fine European Britain's new prime minister is, and for good measure has found time to hobnob with his Italian counterpart, Romano Prodi, whose home town of Bologna is just up the road.
China is edging away from wholehearted diplomatic support and even Russia now thinks it prudent to hobnob with the leader of Syria's main opposition front.
But Britons are also unusually keen on the internet: per person they spend about 50% more on online shopping than Americans.The chance to hobnob with executives from London's maturer industries is another advantage.
