where does the saying "my name is mud" come from ?

Answer 1

The story I have heard is that when President Lincoln was assassinated, John Wilkes Booth broke his leg. He sought treatment from a doctor named Mudd. Dr Mudd was apprehended, but said he had no idea that Booth was the assassin. He was convicted anyway and sent to prison for life. His name was ruined. Thus the expression. Most people today believe that Dr Mudd was totally innocent and not a co-conspirator with Booth.

Answer 2

Most often it is associated with Dr. Mudd, who treated Booth's broken leg after he fled the assassination of Lincoln. By all accounts Mudd was unaware of the connection, as Booth was a very popular actor of the time. The police didn't believe his story if ignorance, and Tried him as an accessory, I don not recall the outcome, but I always heard that the story is the origin of the phrase, eventually shotedn to just one D, as the wet ground(mud) was by far more common than the surname(Mudd)

Answer 3

My Name Is Mud Song

Answer 4

The band Primus released a song called My Name is Mud in the 1990s. It was really popular, so the title became a saying.

Answer 5

The phrase was started after the assassination of President Lincoln. The assin was John Wilkes Booth and he was injured after he shot Lincoln.He shot Lincoln and then jumped from the balcony he was sitting in and broke his leg. The doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth was named Mudd. It became a derogatory term after the doctor treat Booth because even though I am not even sure if he knew who he was treating or how he got injured. He automatically became part of the "conspiracy" to kill President Lincoln.

Answer 6

More aptly, your clever take should be directed to Babylon, Sodom, and Egypt (spiritually speaking), but your not far off at all. I am a Christian and I am not religious (except in the true sense of the Word). The Bible does teach that Satan's throne is seated squarely in the arms of religion (which is the Serpent: Levi-athan). Actually, the dark spirit in the form Satan is found nowhere, but in the synagogue throughout scripture. Closely related entities; all part of the same Antichrist word: Lucifer, Satan, devil, Beelzebub, dragon, serpent, Leviathan, Baal, which all have differing administrations.

Answer 7

Primus was a popular band in the 90's who sang a song of the same name. I think it was on the album "Sailing the seas of cheese".

Answer 8

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where does the saying "my name is mud" come from ?

Answer 9

Dr Mudd treated John Wilkes Booth.....Which was not considered a good thing. So if you say my name is Mudd its a dad thing

Answer 10

i think it's connected with the doctor who accidently treated booth not long after he shot lincoln.