Hm, my mother sometimes calls the Nasty Noodle (see icon) "Wumpus". I must ask if it's an independent formation or whether she had those books as a child. She's the right age, but possibly the wrong country.
I wasn't aware that 'wumpus' was a literary reference. It's probably more famous among computer gamers of a certain age for 'Hunt the Wumpus', an early (i.e. early 1970s) computer game.
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