Definitions

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  • noun A fictional reclusive monster.

Etymologies

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Coined in an early text-based computer game, Hunt the Wumpus.

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Examples

  • February 12th, 2008 at 12: 36 pm chodin says: close wumpus: she was the black chick from “ghost”.

    NIC CAGE PEGGY SUES KATHLEEN TURNER 2008

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    as i was out driving t. w. tendrils 2009

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    all the shiny things t. w. tendrils 2009

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    hansel and gretel t. w. tendrils 2009

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    Fight Song for Accountants t. w. tendrils 2009

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    i found a flaw t. w. tendrils 2009

  • Peace, prosperity, and the harmony of nations have been and are being damaged even as these words are written in the name of some wampus/wumpus from the deranged minds who hear THE voices inside their head.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Allah in Paradise 2009

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    a married woman t. w. tendrils 2009

  • Peace, prosperity, and the harmony of nations have been and are being damaged even as these words are written in the name of some wampus/wumpus from the deranged minds who hear THE voices inside their head.

    Deities in Paradise 2009

  • August survivor all nerd trivia like a breeze like the wumpus ice cream sushi quake like a milkshake my my mafioso turn on a video

    a heart divided t. w. tendrils 2009

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