HELTER-SKELTER

I. adverb Etymology: perhaps from Middle English skelten to come, go Date: 1593 in undue haste, confusion, or disorder , in a haphazard manner, II. noun Date: 1713 a disorderly confusion ; turmoil , a spiral slide around a tower at an amusement park, III. adjective Date: 1708 confusedly hurried ; precipitate , marked by a lack of order or plan ; haphazard