Friday Night Open Thread: Words I Made Up

Yesterdame: Self-explanatory.

 

Internnet:  Also self-explanatory.

 

Esshole:  Description of several countries.  Might get by censors.

 

Acendemic:  Peculiar to institutions of higher learing and impossible to eradicate.

 

Svelteschmertz: German term for the feeling of dissatisfaction with, or weariness of, well-toned people.


 


 

Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 7/31/2026 : New Matches for 8/7/2026

 

 

                  Everyone behaving themselves?                

 

 

Results from 7/31/2026

 

(13) Claudine Auger No Preference (5) Daniela Bianchi
93 1 71

 

Luciana Paluzzi No Preference Zena Marshall
103 2 23

 

New Matches for 8/7/2026

  Match 1    

(6) Molly Peters (Patricia Fearing) vs Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(6) Molly Peters 5 – 2 – 0 1064 – 4 – 529
Patricia Fearing
Actress: Molly Peters
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965)

Synopsis:

Patricia Fearing was a nurse working at the Shrublands health clinic, where Bond had been sent to detoxify from too many martinis. After nearly being killed by SPECTRE agent Count Lippe, Bond won the sympathy of Patricia, and the two spent the night with a steam room and a mink glove.
  

 

Molly Peters

 

 

VS

 

 

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Eunice Gayson 3 – 4 – 0 423 – 28 – 748
Sylvia Trench
Actress: Eunice Gayson
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: Dr. No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)

Synopsis:

Sylvia Trench introduced herself in the opening scene of Dr. No as “Trench. Sylvia Trench”, which Bond then mimicked with his now trademark “Bond. James Bond”. Trench was Bond’s girlfriend for the first two films, with a running joke that Bond was called away on a mission just as things were heating up.

 

Eunice Grayson

Who do you prefer?
26 votes · 26 answers

 

Match 2  

 

Maryse Guy Mitsouko (Mademoiselle Le Porte) vs (9) Lana Wood (Plenty O’Toole)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Maryse Guy Mitsouko 2 – 5 – 0 569 – 14 – 876
Mademoiselle La Porte
Actress: Maryse Guy Mitsouko
Nationality: French
Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965)

Synopsis:

Mlle. La Porte was Bond’s French liaison during his attendance of SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar’s funeral. She informs Bond that Bouvar passed away in his sleep, and as the two leave the funeral she ends with “Is there anything else our French station can do for Monsieur Bond?”, to which Bond replies, “Later, perhaps.”

 

Maryse Guy Mitsouko

 

VS

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(9) Lana Wood 6 – 1 – 0 976 – 3 – 526
Plenty O’Toole
Actress: Lana Wood
Nationality: American
Bond Movie: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Synopsis:

Plenty O’Toole was a gold digger from Las Vegas. She helped a man gamble at the craps table, but when he lost all of his money, she lost interest. She turned to leave, but went back after hearing James Bond ask for $10,000 in chips. She helped Bond play craps, and after winning $50,000, she went back to Bond’s suite. Bond girl Tiffany Case was waiting there for Bond, and some mobsters threw Plenty out of the window into the pool below.

 

Lana Wood

Who do you prefer?
26 votes · 26 answers

 

Straight Line of the Day: There Must Be a Way To Boost Wine Sales: …

California wineries forced to torch vineyards in latest drastic move for crippled industry
NY Post | 7/31/26 | Brian Gallagher

California’s wine industry has gotten so desperate that one vineyard owner torched his own vines after deciding they were worth more as ashes than grapes. …

“There’s literally no way for me to make money,” the 57-year-old Smith said.

Wine sales have reached a low point not seen in over two decades, which is largely due to American’s recent aversion to alcohol in general.

 


 


 


 

Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results from 7/29/2026 : New Matches for 8/5/2026

 

 

 

I hope you are all staying cool this summer.  

 

 

Results from 7/29/2026

 

Berenice Marlohe No Preference Kell Tyler
112 6 82

 

(4) Gemma Arterton No Preference (13) Carey Lowell
128 4 63

 

New Matches for 8/5/2026

    Match 1  

(12) Olga Kurylenko (Camille Montes) vs Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(12) Olga Kurylenko 7 – 1 – 0 913 – 12 – 500
Camille Montes
Actress: Olga Kurylenko
Nationality: French
Bond Movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)

Synopsis:

Camille Montes was a Bolivian agent who’s family was murdered by General Medrano. She slept with Medrano’s business acquaintance Dominic Greene to try and get close enough to Medrano to enact revenge. The plan failed and she was almost killed, so Camille teamed up with Bond to kill Medrano and Greene.

Olga Kurylenko

 

VS

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Talisa Soto 3 – 5 – 0 710 – 24 – 995
Lupe Lamora
Actress: Talisa Soto
Nationality: American
Bond Movie: Licence to Kill (1989)

Synopsis:

Lupe Lamora was the mistress of drug baron Franz Sanchez. Lupe frequently slept around, and Sanchez went to deal with one of her lovers in Florida, getting himself arrested by the DEA in the process. Bond met Lupe unintentionally when trying to kill someone aboard her boat. They met again at a casino, and Bond forced Lupe into taking him upstairs to meet Sanchez. Although Lupe was a love interest, Bond left her at the end of film to be with Pam Bouvier.

Talisa Soto

Who do you prefer?
51 votes · 51 answers
 

  Match 2  

Catherino Murino (Solange Dimitrios) vs (3) Eva Green (Vesper Lynd)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Catherina Murino 4 – 4 – 0 964 – 10 – 701
Solange Dimitrios
Actress: Catherina Murino
Nationality: Italian
Bond Movie: Casino Royale (2006)

Synopsis:

Solange Dimitrios was the wife of Alex Dimitrios, a villain working for Le Chiffre. She joined Alex at a poker table, but was dismissed for being several hours late, and instead sat bored at the bar. At the end of the evening, her husband’s Aston Martin DB5 was brought round by the valet, and she went to get in. However, Bond had won the car in their poker game, and he used his charm to tempt her back to his place for a drink.

Caterina Murino

 

VS

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(3) Eva Green 8 – 0 – 0 1452 – 11 – 512
Vesper Lynd
Actress: Eva Green
Nationality: French
Bond Movie: Casino Royale (2006)

Synopsis:

Vesper Lynd worked for Her Majesty’s Treasury, and was assigned to manage the funds lent to Bond for his poker game with villain Le Chiffre. She got caught up with a vicious fight between Bond and Steven Obanno, that ended in Obanno’s bloody death. Bond found Vesper sitting shivering and fully dressed in the shower, trying to wash away the blood. He comforted her, and the two bonded. When Bond was poisoned by Le Chiffre, Vesper came to Bond’s aid and saved his life. Later in the film, the pair were captured, and Vesper spared Bond’s life in a series of events that led to the end of her own.

 

Eva Green

Who do you prefer?
52 votes · 52 answers

 


 


 

Babesleaga Group AO : Week 5 : Morgan Fairchild vs Sela Ward

Good night.

 

Morgan Fairchild vs Sela Ward

 

Morgan Fairchild (2-2-0 Pts. 194 Avg. 48.50)

  • Week 1 Lost to Markie Post 36-63
  • Week 2 Lost to Teri Garr 47-48
  • Week 3 Defeated Goldie Hawn 50-33
  • Week 4 Defeated Geena Davis 61-32

 

VS

 

Sela Ward (2-2-0 Pts. 172 Avg. 43.00)

  • Week 1 Defeated Kelly Preston 49-42
  • Week 2 Defeated Geena Davis 53-40
  • Week 3 Lost to Teri Garr 34-53
  • Week 4 Lost to Markie Post 36-53

 

 

Who do you prefer?
86 votes · 86 answers

 

 


 

Babesleaga Group AO : Week 5 : Markie Post vs Teri Garr

Good evening.

 

Markie Post vs Teri Garr

 

Markie Post (4-0-0 Pts. 229 Avg. 57.25)

  • Week 1 Defeated Morgan Fairchild 63-36
  • Week 2 Defeated Goldie Hawn 59-33
  • Week 3 Defeated Heathr Thomas 54-34
  • week 4 Defeated Sela Ward 53-36

 

 

VS

 

Teri Garr (3-1-0 Pts. 191 Avg. 47.75)

  • Week 1 Lost to Heather Thomas 29-47
  • Week 2 Defeated Morgan Fairchild 48-47
  • Week 3 Defeated Sela Ward 53-34
  • Week 4 Defeated Kelly Preston 62-26

 

Who do you prefer?
85 votes · 85 answers

 

 


 

Babeslaga Group AO : Week 5 : Kelly Preston vs Goldie Hawn

Good afternoon.

 

Kelly Preston vs Goldie Hawn

 

Kelly Preston (1-3-0 Pts. 138 Avg. 34.50)

  • Week 1 Lost to Sela Ward 42-49
  • Week 2 Lost to Heather Thomas 25-61
  • Week 3 Defeated Geena Davis 45-32
  • Week 4 Lost to Teri Garr 26-62

 

 

VS

 

Goldie Hawn (1-3-0 Pts. 142 Avg. 35.50)

  • Week 1 Defeated Geena Davis 46-43
  • Week 2 Lost to Markie Post 33-59
  • Week 3 Lost to Morgan Fairchild 33-50
  • Week 4 Lost to Heather Thomas 30-61

 

Who do you prefer?
80 votes · 80 answers

 

 


 

Straight Line of the Day: If a Pack of Coyotes Takes Over an Abandoned Condo Complex, What Comes Next?

Pack of coyotes takes over abandoned West Hollywood complex, locals plead for help as apex predators roam streets
NY Post | July 28, 2026 | Katie Jerkovich

A pack of coyotes have moved into an abandoned West Hollywood condo complex, forcing locals to live in fear . . . 

 

After realizing that the Land Court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over the registration of title to real property and over all matters and disputes concerning such title subsequent to registration, the coyotes bit them in the leg. This is called “packing” the court.  Registration of title occurs when the Land Court, after having jumped on top of a filing cabinet to avoid further attacks, has the title exhaustively searched by a court-appointed title examiner in a protective suit, and after due process is afforded to all interested parties, reviews and then adjudicates and decrees the state of the title. Thereafter the current state of the title, as it is sequentially updated by registration of future transactions, is embodied in a certificate of title which not only evidences title, but is in fact the guarantee of title, totally surrounding unsuspecting claimants, subject only to the exceptions provided by statute, threats of canine distemper and/or rabies, and matters of federal law. Subsequent owners of the registered land will be issued numbered certificates (which are useless) describing the coy-ownership of the property and noting any encumbrances (such as mortgages, claws, or slavering drool) or rights affecting the property. The initial decree of registration and the subsequent certificate of title are in rem, that is, against the whole world, and will be entirely devoured. 


 


 

Babesleaga Group AO : Week 5 : Geena Davis vs Heather Thomas

Good morning.

 

Geena Davis vs Heather Thomas

 

Geena Davis (0-4-0 Pts. 147 Avg. 36.75)

  • Week 1 Lost to Goldie Hawn 43-46
  • Week 2 Lost to Sela Ward 40-53
  • Week 3 Lost to Kelly Preston 32-45
  • Week 4 Lost to Morgan Fairchild 32-61

 

VS

 

Heather Thomas (3-1-0 Pts. 203 Avg. 50.75)

  • Week 1 Defeated Teri Garr 47-29
  • Week 2 Defeated Kelly Preston 61-25
  • Week 3 Lost to Markie Post 34-54
  • Week 4 Defeated Goldie Hawn 61-30

 

 

 

Who do you prefer?
83 votes · 83 answers