Phyllis:

British / Cockney rhyming slang for syphilis . See syphilis for synonyms.
See Also: Daughters of Bilitis, reno-it, Reno-vate, Reno-vation, wet, wet and willing, wet-on

Quotes Containing Phyllis:
Phyllis (Dorothy Lamour), washing her hair, and Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) when a handsome man walks by in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): - Phyllis : ''Why is it that whenever he''s around I''m all wet?'' - Sebastian: ''In more ways than one.''
Phyllis (Dorothy Lamour), washing her hair, and Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) when a handsome man walks by in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): - Phyllis : ''Why is it that whenever he''s around I''m all wet?'' - Sebastian: ''In more ways than one.''
Phyllis Nefler (Shelley Long) and her husband Freddie (Craig T. Nelson) who is filing for divorce in Troop Beverly Hills (1989): - Phyllis : 'Did it ever occur to you that marriage is a partnership?' - Freedie: 'Yeah, that's right. I earn the money and my partner spends it .'
Phyllis (Dorothy Lamour) having her hair washed when Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) walks by in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): - Phyllis : ''Why is it that whenever he''s around I''m all wet?'' - Boyfriend: ''In more ways than one.''
Phyllis (Dorothy Lamour) having her hair washed when Sebastian (Cornel Wilde) walks by in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): - Phyllis : ''Why is it that whenever he''s around I''m all wet?'' - Boyfriend: ''In more ways than one.''
Tenny/Tennyson (E.E. Clive) to Phyllis Clavering (Louise Campbell) in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937): ''Love at first sight is rather like a mule, Miss Clavering. It kicks backward.''
Troop leader Phyllis Nefler (Shelley Long) educating her Wilderness Girls in Troop Beverly Hills (1989): ''Never go to Reno, girls. The California community property laws connot be beat .''

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