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Phissicin, from Phis, which is properly fore-sight, or fore-knowledge.
Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661
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"Phis" posted handbills warning all to avoid the dormitories inhabited by "Dis."
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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Both of the exes were Pi Phis, so I immediately looked them up in my Greek Legend yearbook at home.
You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again Heather McDonald 2010
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The Pi Phis were hot, but they had been kicked off the row for two years for doing something nasty, so they were just making a comeback.
You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again Heather McDonald 2010
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And the Alpha Phis were mostly from the Valley, like me, but were considered a little slutty.
You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again Heather McDonald 2010
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Block even pulled out Bob Dylan's "Mozambique," a song from a collection Jamie and I should have entitled "Songs We Played in 1988 to Seduce Unwitting Pi Phis."
rhinoceros 2007
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Phis might still perform "a duty" every three weeks, preparing at least three compositions and three declamations in an eighteen-week session.
The Debating Societies Erika Lindemann 2004
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'Phis announcement, then, is a tribute to the quality of our men at the front, and I believe also to the intelligence and far-seeing statemanship of our men who are in control of the army.
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"The year he came here the Beta Phis tried to rush him, didn't they?" asked Smith.
Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910
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Now the Beta Phis were not of the people who let to-morrow get anything while to-day lasts, so
Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910
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