mugwam Amanda what is mugwam?!?!?! please help me i am desperate to know what this word means 041020 ... AMANDa! Hello. My name is Amanda. I am new to blather and I have to say that it is definitely more than addiction. I come to blather to conduct my investigation on the meaning of the word mugwam which my friend introduced me to by citing Naked Lunch. The word mugwam is also mentioned in a "The Mama's and Papa's" song. Please email me at Amanda44@ufl.edu if you can any way assist me with my problem. 041020 ... from the useless trivia files of birdmad i believe Burrough's creatures were "Mugwumps" which is also the strange name given to a political clique in American politics in the later part of the 19th Century 041021 what's it to you? who go blather from