Aux Kas and Wampuses

•March 26, 2025•

by Janet Roney

What is the oldest word in use today? It’s heard all over the world. It originated in an oasis in the Taklamaken desert in western China. While you think about that, here’s another old word… wampus.    

My father savored using old words. His vocabulary would have given a linguist hours of pleasure deciphering its origins. One of his words was wampus. Do you know what a wampus is?    

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