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09/18/07 11:56 AM

#4325 RE: midastouch017 #4323

Never heard of that one (or some of the others in that link).

This is the American version:
"Your name is mud
Meaning

You are unpopular.

Origin

John Wilkes Booth broke his leg while escaping after shooting Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He was given medical help by Dr Samuel Mudd, who didn't then know about the assassination. Mudd was convicted of being Booth's conspirator, although he is widely believed to have been innocent. Actually, whether Mudd was innocent or not is of little consequence in regard to the origin of this phrase. It was in general circulation before Lincoln was assassinated."

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/424000.html