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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sucking mud</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="Sturgeons-Law.html" title="Sturgeon's Law"/><link rel="next" href="sufficiently-small.html" title="sufficiently small"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sucking mud</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Sturgeons-Law.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sufficiently-small.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sucking-mud"/><dt xmlns="" id="sucking-mud"><b>sucking mud</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Applied Data Research] (also <span class="firstterm">pumping
mud</span>) Crashed or <a href="../W/wedged.html"><i class="glossterm">wedged</i></a>. 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,
&#8220;<span class="quote">Shut 'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud</span>&#8221;. Often used as a
query. &#8220;<span class="quote">We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to
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