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The Oxford English Dictionary notes the first appearance of willy-nilly, in its modernity, from 1608, which meant "whether one wants to or not".[11] The earliest example when "willy-nilly" was spelled in the modern form was from Salmagundi in 1807, written by Washington Irving and others.[12]

Edward FitzGerald's 1859 translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam featured the first usage of 'willy-nilly' in its modern definition of haphazardness; "Into this Universe, and why not knowing, Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing".[12] The archaic definition of the idiom that pertained to indecisiveness appeared in Sir Walter Besant's novel The Orange Girl in 1898; "Let us have no more shilly shally, willy nilly talk", which later spawned the term 'shilly-shally'. The term 'william-nilliam' has been used humorously in the early 20th century.[17]

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An informal adverb and an adjective, willy-nilly can be used to describe a situation, action, decision, or event that happens or is done haphazardly, randomly, carelessly, chaotically, and without planning, direction or order.[18] Simply put, it pertains to the instability, vacillation and the ineffectiveness of a person's actions or movement.[2] The expression adds a somewhat humorous element to any statement a speaker or writer can make (e.g. "the children ran around the playground willy-nilly without a care in the world").[3][18]

Old English nylle, nelle "to be unwilling," from ne "no" (from PIE root *ne- "not") + will (v.). Often paired with will; the once-common construction nill he, will he, attested from c. 1300, survives principally in willy-nilly, which, however, reverses the usual Middle English word order. Latin expressed a similar idea in nolens volens.

"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, unfortunately, has become the strategic political reserve. And we have grave concerns about how it has been so politicized. This is for emergency purposes, not to lower gasoline prices during a time during a political season," Sommers said Friday on "Mornings with Maria." "But I think doing this willy-nilly and doing it in a way that that doesn't make sense for the market we're in, we could be dealing with another major oil crisis here in the next few weeks."

"Let me be abundantly clear. I am and have always been 100% Pro-Life. I will stand for life at every turn; however, I am not for changing the rules willy-nilly at a whim when it comes to changing our constitution," Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, tweeted March 24.

Kim Sullivan is a business owner and freelance writer from De Pere where she lives with her husband, Matt, and two kids, Logan (16) and Laura (14). Matt wants you to know that Kim is the furthest thing from a willy-nilly parent. Kim can be reached at kimsullivan03@gmail.com.

Ideally, you want to worm with the wormer that will best address the parasites you have. You want to use that wormer for as long as it works well before changing wormers. It is better to worm twice with a single type of wormer to kill the needed parasite load than to switch to another wormer. Building resistance is a dangerous thing. Switching around wormers willy nilly builds resistance. Thanks to parasite resistance, MANY parasites that are carried by sheep and goats are 100% resistant to ALL known approved wormers in the world, and this is starting to pop up in the equine world. What a scary thought!

Feed through wormers are a combination of all the bad things that happen from willy nilly worming. They work on routine, worming horses all the same, they discard the value of fecal egg counts and while they do not work by using rotation, they cause resistance by their consistent and long term use.

This episode we'll dig into some words (and one punctuation mark!) that we toss around willy-nilly that maybe we don't totally, completely understand, and that we sometimes count on other people not understanding, either. Plus, a listener email makes Fletcher want to revisit "begs the question" to learn where such a strange phrase came from in the first place. 2351a5e196