Sucking mud

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sucking mud

Usage: adj. Derivation: Applied Data Research

sucking mud: adj.

[Applied Data Research] (also pumping mud) Crashed or wedged. Usually said of a machine that provides some service to a network, such as a file server. This Dallas regionalism derives from the East Texas oilfield lament, "Shut 'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud". Often used as a query. "We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to suck mud?"

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