one's name is mud | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)One isunpopular, indisgraceor embroiled inscandal; one'sreputationistarnished.His name will be mudonce people learn the truth about why he was fired.1993, “My Name is Mud”, performed byPrimus: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 time2023November 21, Zing Tsjeng, “AI is changing the world – and I’ve just eaten the underwhelming pasta that proves it”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:Thanks to disastrously unpopular attempts by the likes of BuzzFeed to create AI-assisted content,its name is mudin the media industry.

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