In Kingwood, Texas, software developer Egberto Willies spoke with 34-year-old veteran Paul Rodriguez.

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Improved transport connections, whatever the continuing shortcomings, increasingly allow for people to operate as WILLIEs: working in London, living in Edinburgh.

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The short-term lenders have developed a case of the willies and want out, leaving KKR in the lurch, since nobody wants to replace the financing or buy the mortgages.

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Just thinking about traveling gives me the willies.

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Willies met Rodriguez through a mutual friend.

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Last week in Tampa, Meg Lanker-Simons, a blogger on assignment for Tumblr, caught up with former RNC chairman Michael Steele outside a branch of Wet Willies, a chain mostly known for its assortment of slushy alcoholic drinks.

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The Colosseum gave me the willies.

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