[Applied Data Research] (also pumping mud) Crashed or {wedged}.
Usually said of a machine that provides some service to a network,
such as a file server. This Dallas regionalism derives from the East
Texas oilfield lament, "Shut 'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud".
Often used as a query. "We are going to reconfigure the network, are
you ready to suck mud?"
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