GWD: Helter-Skelter

The infamous helter-skelter is entirely gnomish (and, you can see the gnomish values of haphazard, costly haste, confusion, and disorder well-represented here). And that twinkle-eyed gnome, Charlie Manson (below), took helter-skelter and ran with it, now didn't he?

hel·ter–skel·ter
Pronunciation: \ˌhel-tər-ˈskel-tər\

Function: adverb

Etymology: perhaps from Middle English skelten to come, go

Date: 1593

1 : in undue haste, confusion, or disorder
2 : in a haphazard manner

Bombadil? Rumplestiltskin? No, Charles Manson. Looking about ready to decorate somebody's garden. WITH BLOOD!