WHIMSY

(noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
"I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
synonyms : arbitrariness , capriciousness , flightiness , whimsey , whimsicality
(noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
"the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories", "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon", "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
synonyms : notion , whim , whimsey

Mnemonics for whimsy

(Tag: ) whimsy...WHISKY..so after taking 4 - 5 pegs of whisky..you tend to BEHAVE in an amusingly strange manner.
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(Tag: ) If you take out 'sy' from whimsy and add 'p' in its place, you get the word whimp. Whimp and weep sound the same and they both mean, to cry.
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