I think it's for people who get their sexual kicks from people called "Phil".
I thought it meant "people who attribute humanlike characteristics to Phils".
Rumours suggest that there's a whole community of, um..
phillies out there. You know, people who like to create artwork of Phils in various humanoid forms and even dress up in elaborate Phil costumes and so on. Sure, I've heard that some phillies
do view their hobby in a.. sexual way, but not all of them are like that, of course.
As for Gates.. Well, there's no sure-fire way to find out just by scouring the 'Net. I
doubt that he'd sign his steamy Phil fiction stories with his own name (he would probably have created a "
philsona" to represent himself), and besides you'd probably go
blind sifting through that stuff. Or so I've heard.
