where did the phrase your name is mud come from
Talk:My Name Is Mud "My name is mud" relates to the idea of a person's "good name". It means your reputation is worsened. Same as "blacken my name". Nothing to do with twaddling or stupid. In the case of the song, I imagine Mud is some poor redneck family's 17th child, and they just couldn't be bothered thinking of a name for him. Since "Mud" is his actual name, according to the lyrics. Cletus Spuckler in The Simpsons is another joke based around redneck families giving large broods of children silly names. 188.29.164.84 (talk) 14:45, 29 August 2015 (UTC)