Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one's name is mud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: one's -name is -mud
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

One is unpopular, in disgrace or embroiled in scandal; one's reputation is tarnished.

Informal

Example Sentences

"His name will be mud once people learn the truth about why he was fired."
"My name is Mud / Not to be confused with Bill, or Jack, or Pete, or Dennis / My name is Mud, it's always been / 'Cause I'm the most boring sonsabitch you've ever seen / I dress in blue, yes, navy blue from head to toe / I'm rather drab, except my patent shoes / I make 'em shine, well, most the time"
"Thanks to disastrously unpopular attempts by the likes of BuzzFeed to create AI-assisted content, its name is mud in the media industry."

Etymology

Ultimate origin unknown. Popularly attributed to Dr. Samuel Mudd's assistance to the assassin of president Abe Lincoln, but an older print dictionary already lists the phrase.

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does one's name is mud mean?: One is unpopular, in disgrace or embroiled in scandal; one's reputation is tarnished.
Where does one's name is mud come from?: Ultimate origin unknown. Popularly attributed to Dr. Samuel Mudd's assistance to the assassin of president Abe Lincoln, but an older print dictionary already lists the phrase.

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