GWD: Willy-Nilly

By now, you will have noticed a tendency for gnomespeak to involve hyphens and repetition of nonsense words (e.g., razzle-dazzle, fuddy-duddy, heebie-jeebies, etc.) -- here is yet another addition to the gnomish lexicon, one that actually has a longer provenance than many of the others, curiously enough...

wil·ly–nil·ly

Pronunciation: \ˌwi-lē-ˈni-lē\

Function: adverb or adjective

Etymology: alteration of will I nill I or will ye nill ye or will he nill he

Date: 1608

1 : by compulsion : without choice
2 : in a haphazard or spontaneous manner

But notice the gnomish values of impulsiveness and whimsy are retained in it. And in gnomish aesthetics, why use one word, when you can use two nonsense words bound by a hyphen to communicate your pointless point?