JargonFile/entries/sucking mud.txt

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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.