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ECL213

(217 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:41 PM Nov 2020

His name is lower than Mudd, it's Trump!

Dr. Samuel Mudd was wrongly convicted as co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, for the act of practicing medicine by setting John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg. For this he spent years in prison and his name became an insult...”His name is Mudd,” later losing the association to Dr. Mudd and just becoming “His name is mud!”

Donnie Dickweed’s name should never become a slur among civilized people. So I vote for, “He/She is lower than low class, He/She is a trump.” And yes, the lower case is an insult.

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His name is lower than Mudd, it's Trump! (Original Post) ECL213 Nov 2020 OP
I thought it was Harcourt Fenton Mudd. Harry Mudd. My mistake. bullimiami Nov 2020 #1
I suspect zipplewrath Nov 2020 #5
Harcourt Fenton Trump, what have you been up to? JHB Nov 2020 #6
I've already been known to use the term... Karadeniz Nov 2020 #2
Perhaps, but the Trump Organization has imploded. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #3
Every time I flush a trump, I yell, "You're fired, Donald!" Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #4
The phrase has nothing to do with Samuel Mudd; that's a folk etymology Spider Jerusalem Nov 2020 #7
Well, I'll be. ECL213 Nov 2020 #9
Harry S. Mudd is pleased, and so are his multiple robotic wives. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #8

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
5. I suspect
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:06 PM
Nov 2020

that was intentional on the part of the Star Trek authors, without any evidence to prove it.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,759 posts)
3. Perhaps, but the Trump Organization has imploded.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:47 PM
Nov 2020

Loans due, IOU's unfulfilled. State investigations and no Presidential immunity. No indication that this will be a normal exit.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
7. The phrase has nothing to do with Samuel Mudd; that's a folk etymology
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:13 PM
Nov 2020
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/your-name-is-mud.html

Random fun fact: Dr. Samuel Mudd's 1st cousin twice removed Mary Mudd married Abraham Lincoln's uncle Mordecai.

TheBlackAdder

(28,252 posts)
8. Harry S. Mudd is pleased, and so are his multiple robotic wives.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:13 PM
Nov 2020

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Finally, even his robot wives are pleased--and that was thought impossible.



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